teazle

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alternative spelling of teasel
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
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