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.
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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
Compared with the polycephalous poppies my race of twisted teasels is much richer in atavists.
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
In a vast majority of cases 13 leaves are found on 5 circuits, and as we have only to deal with this proportion in the teasels we will not consider others.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
More than once I have had occasion to deal with the phenomenon of torsions, as exhibited by the teasels and some other plants.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries
