teazle
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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They peered over anthills and looked cautiously round clumps of teazle.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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
The withered head of the teazle, black from the rain, falls and disappears.
From The Amateur Poacher by Jefferies, Richard
She followed it out on the marsh, and when it cut into another dyke she followed that, walking on the bank beside the great teazle.
From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila
He had found a great teazle plant, whose leaves formed cups round the stem.
From Bevis The Story of a Boy by Jefferies, Richard
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