teasel
noun
any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads.
teasels
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present tense formof teasel (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The U.S. could discuss concessions on as many as 3,500 different items, including abaca, Bibles, goat meat, curling stones, unbleached teasels and zinc dust.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is quite evident that the twisted teasels are inadequate for the struggle with their tall congeners, or with the surrounding plants.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
These teasels, which are largely grown in Yorkshire, are fastened into a cylinder, and at least three thousand of them will be consumed in "teasling" a piece of cloth forty yards long.
From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Joel Cook
A twisted race of teasels might consist of successive generations of tall atavistic individuals, and produce yearly some twisted specimens, which might be destroyed every time before ripening their seeds.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
"And this iron frame filled with teasels is called a 'handle'?"
From Under Fire A Tale of New England Village Life by Frank Andrew Munsey
