fuller's teasel

fuller's teasel

n. See teasel.

fuller's teasel

n 1. (Plants) a Eurasian teasel plant, Dipsacus fullonum, whose prickly flower heads are used for raising the nap on woollen cloth 2. (Plants) a similar and related plant, Dipsacus sativum

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Noun

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fuller's teasel - similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United StatesDipsacus sativusteasel, teasle, teazel - any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts