| Definitions of 'teasel' |
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1. (noun) teasel, teazel, teasle
any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts
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| Definitions of 'teasel' |
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1. (noun) teasel
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
2. (noun) teasel
a bur of this plant
3. (noun) teasel
any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth
4. (verb) teasel
to subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap
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