English > teasel: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts. |
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| Synonyms | teazel, teasle |
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| Member of | Dipsacus, genus Dipsacus | type genus of the Dipsacaceae |
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| Narrower | common teasel, Dipsacus fullonum | teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America |
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| fuller's teasel, Dipsacus sativus | Similar to the common teasel and similarly used |
| wild teasel, Dipsacus sylvestris | European teasel with white to pink flowers |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
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| Spanish | carda, cardencha, escobilla, teasle, teazel |
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| Catalan | carda, teasle, teazel |
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