Look up: Teasel

1. teasel
   [n] - any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
   Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio
   
   
2. Teasel
   Tea'sel noun [ Middle English tesel , Anglo-Saxon t...sel , t...sl , the fuller's herb. See Tease .] [ Written also tassel , tazel , teasle , teazel , and teazle .] 1. (Botan...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/18
   
   
3. Teasel
   Tea'sel transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Teaseled or Teaselled ; present participle & verbal noun Teaseling or Teaselling .] To subject, as woolen cloth, to the ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/T/18
   
   
4. teasel
   1. <botany> A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. Fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth. ... Small teasel is Dipsacus pilosus, wild teasel is D. Sylvestris. ... 2...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
5. teasel
   teazel noun any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
   Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web
   
   
6. Teasel
   • (n.) A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (D. fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth. • (v. t.) To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any su...
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
7. teasel
   any of about 15 species constituting the genus Dipsacus of the family Dipsacaceae, native to Europe, the Mediterranean area, and tropical Africa. ...
   Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/19
   
   
8. teasel
   teasel, common name for some members of the Dipsacaceae, a family of chiefly Old World herbs found mostly in the Mediterranean and Balkan areas but ranging to India and to S Africa. Species of Dipsacus and Scabiosa have become widely naturalized in America. Scabiosa, commonly called sweet scabious, ...
   Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08480
   
   
9. Teasel
   The teasel is a plant of the genus Dipsacus, family Dipsacceae. It is a herb with prickly leaves and flower heads. The British Wild Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) is also known as Comb and Brush and Venus' Basin. The name teasel comes from the former use of the prickly heads for raising the nap of newly...
   Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow
   
   
10. teasel
    Upright prickly biennial herb, native to Europe and Asia. It grows up to 1.5 m/5 ft tall, has prickly stems and leaves, and a large prickly head of purple flowers. The dry, spiny seed heads were once used industrially to tease or fluff up the surface fibres of cloth. (Dipsacus fullonum, family Dipsacaceae.)
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency