wild teasel

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   European teasel with white to pink flowers; naturalized in United States

   SynonymsDipsacus sylvestris

   Broaderteasel

Questions about wild teasel

What does wild teasel mean?

wild teasel means "European teasel with white to pink flowers; naturalized in United States".

What is another word for wild teasel?

Close synonyms include Dipsacus sylvestris. 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 wild teasel a common word?

wild 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.