teazle

American  

[tee-zuhl] / ˈti zəl /

noun

teazled, teazling

1. a variant of teasel.

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Example Sentences

They peered over anthills and looked cautiously round clumps of teazle.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

There is a briar rose smashed to death; there is grass uprooted and a teazle crushed aside, a farmer's drain pipe snapped and the edge of the pathway broken down.

From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Here the strong teazle will presently stand high; here the ground-ivy will dot the mound with bluish-purple.

From The Open Air by Jefferies, Richard

He had found a great teazle plant, whose leaves formed cups round the stem.

From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard

The fuller's teazle, and woad for dyeing, also grew, and still grow, I learn from Dr. Williamson, though I have not found either, in the neighbourhood.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh