Phrase guide

fuller's teasel

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A flowering plant of species Dipsacus sativus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Dipsacus sativus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: teasel, teazel, teasle

History

Etymology

Calque of translingual Dipsacus fullonum (literally “teasel of fullers”).

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: karxana fırçaotu — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 起絨草 /起绒草 (qǐróngcǎo) — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Dutch: grote kaardenbol — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Dutch: weverskaarde — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Dutch: wilde kaardenbol — Dipsacus fullonum
  • German: Wilde Karde — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Greek: δασικός δίψακος (dasikós dípsakos) — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Greek: δίψακος ο δασικός (dípsakos o dasikós) — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Neapolitan: pèttene e lupe — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Polish: szczeć sukiennicza — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Polish: szczeć barwierska — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Russian: ворся́нка суко́нная (vorsjánka sukónnaja) — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Russian: ворся́нка сукнова́лов (vorsjánka suknoválov) — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Slovene: divja ščetica — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Swedish: kardvädd — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Vietnamese: khởi nhung thảo — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Walloon: tcherdon d' bwès — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Walloon: fontinne ås moxhons — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Walloon: pingne di macrale — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Walloon: pingne di sôrcire — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Walloon: spene di sôrcire — Dipsacus fullonum
  • Welsh: cribau'r-pannwr gwyllt — Dipsacus fullonum