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Meanings of teasel in English

Portuguese
carda

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

        carda
        Usage of teasel in English
        1
        Maybe I'll give Whinney a good combing with the dry teasel later.
        The Plains of Passage
        2
        Dipsacus pilosus, small teasel, -in the Short and Long Lith.
        The Natural History of Selborne
        3
        Then there was the tall patches of browning cutleaf teasel, cutting edges in the sky.
        Chicago sun times
        4
        We walked slowly so that I could keep an eye out for late-blooming eglantine and teasel heads, chatting casually.
        Outlander
        5
        A teasel pick pickles!
        Exciting Adventures of Mister Robert Robin
        6
        She decided to spend some time with the horses and groom them with teasel brushes, which usually comforted them and relaxed her.
        The Shelters of Stone
        7
        The dried flower umbel and brittle feathery leaves of the plant still clung to a stalk that had been growing near the teasel.
        The Mammoth Hunters
        8
        She brought grain to Whinney, and spent a few moments currying her with a teasel and scratching the little colt with it as well.
        The Valley of Horses
        9
        Then she led her to Racer and showed the girl how to hold the teasel to curry the shaggy winter coat of the young horse.
        The Mammoth Hunters
        10
        Ayla hugged and stroked and scratched them all, then found a dried teasel to use as a currying brush and started to clean Whinney's coat.
        The Land of Painted Caves
        11
        Ayla spent time in the afternoon rubbing down and currying Whinney with a soft piece of leather and the dried spiny head of a teasel.
        The Mammoth Hunters
        12
        Those who have lived where teasels grow will understand this illustration.
        The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 / Devote...
        13
        Tall, stately teasels stand like sentinels along the way, and the balsamic tarweed spreads its fragrance along the outer edge.
        Byways Around San Francisco Bay
        14
        At that time every man, except two, John Platt and Ralph Teasel, two of the men who were saved, were washed off.
        Narratives of Shipwrecks of the Royal Navy; between 1793 and 184...
        15
        "You mean this teasel?" Latie asked, picking up a stiff stem with a rounded spiny dried top.
        The Mammoth Hunters
        16
        "Count," he said, laughing, "it seems that the Princess gathers lovers as a woolen coat does teasels.
        Arms and the Woman
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        Translations for teasel
        Portuguese
        carda
        Teasel through the time