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teazel
[ tee-zuhl ]
/ ˈti zəl /
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noun, verb (used with object), tea·zeled, tea·zel·ing or (especially British) tea·zelled, tea·zel·ling.
a variant of teasel.
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How to use teazel in a sentence
The leaves of the involucre are spiny in thistles and in teazel (Dipsacus), and hooked in burdock.
Word came that John Raikes was short of teazel-heads, and Cicely prepared to cut them.
Back o' the Moon|Oliver OnionsThe raising of caraway, coriander, and teazel is almost peculiar to this county.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia|VariousIf a 'prentice of mine cannot clean his platter, I know that I shall get little from him with carder and teazel.
Micah Clarke|Arthur Conan Doyle