Dictionary entry
Teazel
Pronunciation
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Definition
teasel (also teazel, teazle ) /'ti:zl/ n ဆပ္သြားဖူးကဲ့သို႔ ခ်ည္ရွင္း ရာတြင္သံုးရေသာ၊ ဆူးထူေသာ ပန္းပြင့္အံုပြင့္သည့္ ပင္ေပ်ာ့။
Examples
- ‘The wave speed calculated for teasel disagrees
- by a large factor
- with the apparent rate of spread of the species in North America.’
- ‘The plants have grabbed a hold forming rafts of rushes and weeds; and teasels and fireweed march up inhospitable slopes.’
- ‘The tortures that follow include strapping what Thomas calls a ‘teazle’ into William's mouth as a gag to choke him (presumably the large prickly seed-heads of teasels
- Dipsacus fulonnum
- that were used in the fulling of cloth).’
- ‘All around the station car park I found lots of teasel flowers and this species also has a textile connection.’
- ‘Suppose that some small fraction of teasel seeds land in water
- and that when they do they are dispersed according to a Laplace distribution with some larger mean distance.’
- ‘To encourage them
- provide bird-friendly seed-bearers such as teasels
- honesty and sunflowers
- and those that provide autumn berries
- including pyracanthas and hawthorns.’
- ‘The land was quiet and pleasant
- with teasels
- cowslips
- bluebells
- and dark soil ridged for spuds or glowing with oil seed rape.’
- ‘In the case of teasel
- field biologists were already aware of the discrepancy between the short distances traveled by most seeds
- and the speed with which the plant spread after its introduction to North America.’
- ‘Under these conditions
- a teasel invasion wave would move each year roughly twice the mean seed dispersal distance.’
- ‘The writer had seen a copy of the Mark Lane Express Almanac
- in which an article pointed out that ‘tobacco and mustard were grown in the Vale of York
- and teasels were also pretty extensively cultivated.’’
- ‘Another possible explanation is that multiple introductions of teasel have contributed to its distribution in North America.’
- ‘At Embsay I found harebell
- knapweed
- honeysuckle
- meadowsweet
- bittersweet and of course lots of teasel.’
- ‘The fruit of the teasel consists of seeds protected by hook-like structures.’
- ‘Finally
- a nap is raised on the surface of the chechia by means of an implement made from the elongated
- dried flower-head of a type of teasel (genus Dipsacus) grown and harvested near the village of el-'Aliya near Bizerte on the north coast.’
- ‘The teasel is another plant which had a vital use before the industrial revolution.’
- ‘Vigorous self-seeders such as teasels and some annual poppies
- and plants that tend to be too tall and lanky to stand the winter gales such as certain Achillea cultivars
- are ideal contenders.’
- ‘Santolina is clipped into clouds and punctuation is provided by six foot tall teasels
- milk thistles
- huge artichokes and great clumps of bear's breeches.’
- ‘We present illustrative examples
- using published data on two plants: teasel and Calathea ovandensis.’
- ‘A large variety of shrubs have already been planted in the garden including thistles
- dogrose
- wild primulas and teasel.’
- ‘Nearby
- the rough grass and scrub contain large stands of teasels and thistles
- which provide seeds for finches - goldfinch
- chaffinch
- bullfinch
- brambling and siskin are frequent winter visitors.’