Home › Words › N › nettlewortnettlewortnettlewort means any plant of the nettle family, Urticaceae.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, nettlewort ranks #16,787 of 42,820 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom nettle + wort.nounAny plant of the nettle family, Urticaceae.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).