ALL meanings of teasel
tea·sel
T t - noun teasel any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Compare teasel family. 1
- noun teasel the dried flower head or bur of the plant D. fullonum, used for teasing or teaseling cloth. 1
- noun teasel any mechanical contrivance used for teaseling. 1
- verb with object teasel to raise a nap on (cloth) with teasels; dress by means of teasels. 1
- noun teasel plant with spiny bracts 1
- noun teasel tool for napping fabric 1
- countable noun teasel A teasel is a plant with dry prickly flowers and leaves. 0
- noun teasel any of various stout biennial plants of the genus Dipsacus, of Eurasia and N Africa, having prickly leaves and prickly heads of yellow or purple flowers: family Dipsacaceae 0
- noun teasel the prickly dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, used for teasing 0
- noun teasel any manufactured implement used for the same purpose 0
- verb teasel to tease (a fabric) 0
- noun teasel any of a genus (Dipsacus) of bristly plants of the teasel family, with prickly, cylindrical heads of yellowish or purplish flowers, esp. the fuller's teasel (D. fullonum) with flower heads having sharp, spinelike bracts 0
- noun teasel a flower head of the fuller's teasel, used when dried for raising a nap on cloth 0
- noun teasel any device for raising a nap on cloth 0
- adjective teasel designating a family (Dipsacaceae, order Dipsacales) of dicotyledonous plants bearing dense flower heads covered with stiff bracts, including scabiosa and teasel 0
- verb transitive teasel to raise a nap on (cloth) by means of teasels 0