| NOUN | plant | teasle, teasel, 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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| 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 | teasel, teazel | |
| Member of | Dipsacus, genus Dipsacus | type genus of the Dipsacaceae |
| Narrower | common teasel, Dipsacus fullonum | teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America |
| 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 |
| Spanish | carda, cardencha, escobilla, teasle, teazel | |
| Catalan | carda, teasle, teazel | |
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