English noun: teasel | |||
1. | teasel (plant) any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts | ||
Synonyms | teasle, teazel | ||
Broader (hypernym) | herb, herbaceous plant | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | common teasel, Dipsacus fullonum, Dipsacus sativus, Dipsacus sylvestris, fuller's teasel, wild teasel | ||
Member meronym | Dipsacus, genus Dipsacus | ||