Definition of teaselling. Meaning of teaselling. Synonyms of teaselling

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Definition of teaselling

Teaselling
Teasel Tea"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Teaseledor Teaselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Teaseling or Teaselling.] To subject, as woolen cloth, to the action of teasels, or any substitute for them which has an effect to raise a nap.
teaselling
Teaseling Tea"sel*ing, n. The cutting and gathering of teasels; the use of teasels. [Written also teaselling, teazling.]

Meaning of teaselling from wikipedia

- plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. The members of this genus are known as teasel, teazel or teazle. The genus includes about 15 species of tall herbaceous...
- is a species of flowering plant known by the common names wild teasel or fuller's teasel, although the latter name is usually applied to the cultivated...
- flowering plant in the honeysuckle family known by the common name cutleaf teasel. It is native to Europe and Asia. It is present in North America as an introduced...
- word is derived from the Latin carduus meaning thistle or teasel, as dried vegetable teasels were first used to comb the raw wool. These ordered fibres...
- The Dipsacaceae have been recognized as a family (the teasel family) of the order Dipsacales containing 350 species of perennial or biennial herbs and...
- Dipsacus pilosus, or small teasel, is a species of biennial flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae. The epithet small refers to the flower heads...
- flower. Sweet gum, collection of capsules. Sycamore, collection of achenes. Teasel, collection of cypsellas Tuliptree, collection of samaras. The pome fruits...
- from thistles (the Latin name is from Carduus, a genus of thistles) and teasels, but insects are also taken when feeding young. It also regularly visits...
- native to the Holarctic. Their main host plants are herbs and shrubs of the teasel and honeysuckle families. Moths in genus Hemaris are known collectively...
- maculosa—Spotted knapweed Cirsium arvense—Creeping thistle Dipsacus fullonum—Fuller's teasel Elaeagnus umbellata—Autumn olive Euonymus alatus—Burning bush Lonicera ****onica—****anese...
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