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Meanings of teasle 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
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Examples for "teasel"
Examples for "teasel"
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
1
If a 'prentice of mine cannot clean his platter, I know that I shall get little from him with carder and teazel.
Micah Clarke / His Statement as made to his three grandchildren ...
2
The cloth is run close to rapidly revolving "teazels" and also may be run through a napping machine.
Textiles and Clothing
Usage of teasle in English
1
A peacock butterfly now spread himself upon the teasle, fresh and newly emerged, as the blue and chocolate down on his wings testified.
Jacob's Room
2
Miles away from home, in a hollow among teasles beneath a ruin, he had found the commas.
Jacob's Room
Translations for teasle
Portuguese
carda
Teasle through the time