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Teasel

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, native to the Old World, having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.

n. The bristly flower head of D. sativus, used to produce a napped surface on wool and other fabrics.

n. A wire device used to produce a napped surface.

v. To produce a napped surface on (a fabric).

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.

n. The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth.

v. To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (Dipsacus 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.

n. A bur of this plant.

n. Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

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

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

See teazel.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"Fennel and miscanthus, verbena and teasel make good hibernacula for beneficial insects and their seed keeps the birds going in the cold periods as well as providing winter interest."

Verb Form

teaselled teaselling teasels

Variant

teaselled teaselling

Form

teaseled teaselled teaseling teaselling