COMMON TEASEL

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Meaning:

Teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth

Synonyms:

common teasel; Dipsacus fullonum

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common teasel" is a kind of...):

teasel; teasle; teazel (any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts)

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