teasel
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.
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