common teasel

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   teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth

   SynonymsDipsacus fullonum

   Broaderteasel

Questions about common teasel

What does common teasel mean?

common teasel means "teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth".

What is another word for common teasel?

Close synonyms include Dipsacus fullonum. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common teasel a common word?

common teasel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.