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Teasel

Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.

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📖 Definitions of "Teasel"

noun

1
Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.
2
The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth.
3
Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

verb

1
To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.

🔄 Synonyms of "Teasel"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
teazelnoun	Dated form of teasel. [Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.]
teaslenoun	Alternative spelling of teasel. [Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.]

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Teasel"

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Word	Definition
teaslenoun	Alternative spelling of teasel. [Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.]
teazelnoun	Dated form of teasel. [Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.]
tazelnoun	Obsolete form of teasel. [Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.]
teazlenoun	Alternative spelling of teasel. [Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.]
blue sagenoun	Any of various plants:
scaleseednoun	Any of a genus, Spermolepis, of American herbs of the carrot family.
tickseednoun	A plant producing such seed or fruit, such as those in the genera:
foamflowernoun	Any of the genus Tiarella of wildflowers and garden plants in the saxifrage family.
seselinoun	Any plant of the genus Seseli.
huttonweednoun	Synonym of teasel.
asclepiasnoun	Any plant of the genus Asclepias.
shepherd's rodnoun	Dipsacus pilosus, a small kind of teasel.
sotolnoun	A distilled spirit made from the sap of some of these plants, especially Dasylirion wheeleri.
horsetailnoun	(botany) Any of various simple vascular plants, of the order Equisetales, that have hollow stems and produce spores.
dandelionnoun	(countable) Any of the several species of plant in the genus Taraxacum, characterised by yellow flower heads and notched, broad-ended leaves, especially the common dandelion (Taraxacum officinale).
hawksbeardnoun	Any of various annual and perennial flowering plants of the genus Crepis, superficially resembling the dandelion.
tiarellanoun	Any of several woodland plants of the genus Tiarella, the foamflowers.
talinumnoun	Any of the genus Talinum of herbaceous succulent plants, some with edible leaves.
satinflowernoun	A wildflower native to the western US and British Columbia, of species Clarkia amoena (syn. Godetia grandiflora).
equisetaleannoun	Any horsetail of the order Equisetales