- fuller's teasel
- noun Date: 15th century teasel 1a
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fuller's teasel
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fuller’s teasel — ilgagalvis karšulis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Karšulinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Dipsacus sativus), kilęs iš Viduržemio jūros regiono. atitikmenys: lot. Dipsacus sativus angl. card s thistle; fuller’s teasel; Indian teasel vok.… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
fuller's teasel — noun similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States • Syn: ↑Dipsacus sativus • Hypernyms: ↑teasel, ↑teazel, ↑teasle … Useful english dictionary
fuller's teasel — /fʊləz ˈtizəl/ (say fooluhz teezuhl) noun a teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, of which the dried heads were used for raising the nap on cloth …
teasel — [tē′zəl] n. [ME tasel < OE tæsel < base of tæsan, to TEASE] 1. any of a genus (Dipsacus) of bristly plants of the teasel family, with prickly, cylindrical heads of yellowish or purplish flowers, esp. the fuller s teasel ( D. fullonum) with… … English World dictionary
fuller'steasel — fuller s teasel n. A prickly Eurasian plant (Dipsacus fullonum) having bristly flower heads used by fullers to raise the nap on cloth. * * * … Universalium
teasel — teaseler; esp. Brit., teaseller, n. /tee zeuhl/, n., v., teaseled, teaseling or (esp. Brit.) teaselled, teaselling. n. 1. any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Cf. teasel family. 2. the dried flower… … Universalium
teasel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tesel, from Old English tǣsel; akin to Old English tǣsan to tease Date: before 12th century 1. a. an Old World prickly herb (Dipsacus fullonum of the family Dipsacaceae, the teasel family) with flower heads that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Fuller — Full er, n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See {Full}, v. t.] One whose occupation is to full cloth. [1913 Webster] {Fuller s earth}, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. {Fuller s herb} (Bot.), the soapwort… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fuller's earth — Fuller Full er, n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See {Full}, v. t.] One whose occupation is to full cloth. [1913 Webster] {Fuller s earth}, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. {Fuller s herb} (Bot.), the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fuller's herb — Fuller Full er, n. [AS. fullere, fr. L. fullo. See {Full}, v. t.] One whose occupation is to full cloth. [1913 Webster] {Fuller s earth}, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. {Fuller s herb} (Bot.), the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
