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

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

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.

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.

A prickly plant whose flower head is covered with hooked burrs; one of these flower heads dried and used to raise the nap of woolen cloth; a substitute for this head. Also, teazel.

A plant having hooked burs, used in raising a nap on cloth.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] A plant of which one species bears a large burr used for raising a nap on woollen cloth;- the burr of the plant;- any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.