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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Example sentences from the Web for teazel
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