TEASEL (teaselled, teaselling)

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Irregular inflected forms: teaselled    , teaselling   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does teasel mean? 

• TEASEL (noun)
  The noun TEASEL has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: TEASEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEASEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

teasel; teasle; teazel

Hypernyms ("teasel" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teasel"):

common teasel; Dipsacus fullonum (teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth)

Dipsacus sativus; fuller's teasel (similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States)

Dipsacus sylvestris; wild teasel (European teasel with white to pink flowers; naturalized in United States)

Holonyms ("teasel" is a member of...):

Dipsacus; genus Dipsacus (type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel)