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Definition of Common teasel
1. Noun. Teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Teasel
Literary usage of Common teasel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1878)
"On the Protrusion of Protoplasmic Filaments from the Glandular Hairs of the Common
Teasel (Dipsacus sylvestris)." By FRANCIS DARWIN, MB Communicated by ..."
2. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science edited by Biologists Limited, The Company of. (1877)
"... HAIRS on the LEAVES of the common teasel ... By FRANCIS DARWIN, MB (With Plate
XIX.) THE connate leaves of the common teasel (Dipsacus ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1883)
"An exactly similar device exists in the common teasel, where the water-cups are
much larger, broader, and deeper; and in this case one of Mr. Darwin's sons ..."
4. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"Wild or common teasel. English Thistle• (BI 2.) Stem stout, 3-6 feet high, with
numerous short prickles on the branches, midribs of the leaves and involucre ..."
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