Teasle vs. Teasel — What's the Difference?

Alternative spelling of teasel

Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, native to Eurasia and northern Africa, having prickly stems and flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts.

Alternative spelling of teasel

The cultivated teasel D. sativus. Also called fuller's teasel.

See Teasel.

The bristly flower head of this plant, used to produce a napped surface on wool and other fabrics.

Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts

A wire device used to produce a napped surface.

To produce a napped surface on (a fabric).

Any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus.

The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth.

Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

(archaic) To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.

A plant of the genus Dipsacus, of which one species (Dipsacus fullonum) bears a large flower head covered with stiff, prickly, hooked bracts. This flower head, when dried, is used for raising a nap on woolen cloth.

A bur of this plant.

Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.

Any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts