teazel

English - Turkish

Definition of teazel in English Turkish dictionary

tarakotu

kumaş kabartıcı

i., bot., bak. teasel

deve dikeni

Related Terms

teasel

hav kabartma aleti

teasel

{i} tarakotu

teasel

{f} taramak (kumaş)

teasel

i., bot. tarakotu

teasel

{i} kumaş kabartıcı

teasel

{f} tarakotuyla kabartmak

teasel

tarakot

English - English

Definition of teazel in English English dictionary

another spelling of teasel

any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts

{f} comb, raise a nap on cloth (also teasel)

Related Terms

teasel

The dried flower head, used for teasing cloth

teasel

Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus

teasel

{n} a useful plant to dress cloth with

teasel

{i} type of plant

teasel

Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth

teasel

fullonum bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts

teasel

any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts

teasel

A bur of this plant

teasel

{f} comb, raise a nap on cloth (also teazel)

teasel

A plant, of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts

teasel

a plant with leaves and flowers that feel sharp when you touch them. Any of about 15 species constituting the genus Dipsacus of the family Dipsacaceae (the teasel family), native to Europe, the Mediterranean area, and tropical Africa. Many teasels are prickly, coarse biennials with tall-domed heads of numerous, four-lobed flowers that sit on a crownlike circle of spiny, narrow bracts. The spiny, dry fruiting heads of fuller's teasel (D. sativus) have been used since Roman times to raise the nap of woolen fabrics in a process known as fulling

teasel

To raise the nap on cloth; to tease

teasel

To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap

teasel

This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth

teasel

A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species D

Hyphenation

tea·zel

Tenses

teazelling, teazeled