Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dipsacus_fullonum

1 sense of dipsacus fullonum

Sense 1
common teasel, Dipsacus fullonum -- (teasel with lilac flowers native to Old World but naturalized in North America; dried flower heads used to raise a nap on woolen cloth)
       => teasel, teazel, teasle -- (any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts)