1) Bristly plant 2) Exclusively Anglo word 3) Exclusively Saxon word 4) Flowering thistlelike plant 5) Herb 6) Herbaceous plant 7) It grows prickly 8) Nap raiser 9) Nap-raising plant 10) Pincushion flower 11) Plant with prickly leaves 12) Prickly herb 13) Prickly invasive plant 14) Prickly plant 15) Prickly-leafed plant
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1) Teasle 2) Teazel
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brush with hooked bits used in napping cloth
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• (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 substitute for them which has an effect to raise a n...
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any of about 15 species constituting the genus Dipsacus of the family Dipsacaceae, native to Europe, the Mediterranean area, and tropical Africa. ...
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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. A bur of this plant. ... 3. Any contrivance inte...
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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. (Botany) A plant of the genus
Dipsacus , of ...
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Tea'sel transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Teaseled or
Teaselled ;
present participle & verbal noun Teaseling or
Teaselling .] To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them whic...
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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 woven cloth. Formerly, water which collected in t...
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[
n] - any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
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teazel noun any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
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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.)
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