HyperDic: common_teasel

English > 1 sense of the expression *common teasel*:
NOUN	plant	common teasel, Dipsacus fullonum	teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America

English > *common teasel*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
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.
Synonym	Dipsacus fullonum
Broader	teasel, teazel, teasle	Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts