teasel

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tea·sel f17 [teasel teasels teaseled teaseling] (also tea·zle)BrE [ˈtiːzl] NAmE [ˈtiːzl] noun
a plant which has large flowers with ↑spikes, used in the past for brushing cloth to give it a smooth surface
See also: ↑teazle

Word Origin:
Old English tǣsl, tǣsel, of West Germanic origin; related to ↑tease.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  teazel, teasle