Tread softly or tread-softly may refer to:
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Cnidoscolus stimulosus
''Cnidoscolus stimulosus'', the bull nettle, spurge nettle, tread-softly or finger rot, is a perennial herb covered with stinging hairs, native to southeastern North America. A member of the family Euphorbiaceae (spurge family), it is not a tr ...
'', bull nettle or tread-softly, a perennial herb covered with stinging hairs
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Solanum carolinense
''Solanum carolinense'', the Carolina horsenettle, is not a true nettle, but a member of the Solanaceae, or nightshade family. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, native to the southeastern United States, though its range has expanded throughou ...
'', Carolina horsenettle or tread-softly, a perennial herbaceous plant with spines
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''Tread Softly'' (1952 film), a British crime film
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''Tread Softly'' (1965 film), or ''The Violin Case Murders'' a German thriller
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''Tread softly'' (composition), by Nina C. Young, 2020
See also
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Soft Tread Enterprises, an Australian production company
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Speak softly and carry a big stick", American President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy
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Tread Softly in This Place'', a 1972 novel by Brian Cleeve
* "Tread softly because you tread on my dreams", a line from Yeats' poem "
Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven"
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