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Weed With Purplish Flowers Var Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TEAZLE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%6Exact Match!
247%6Weed with purplish flowers
337%10Weed with prickly capsules and large white or purplish flowers

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We think the answer is "TEAZLE" which means:

    noun
  • • Any of several plants of the genus dipsacus.
  • • The dried flower head of the fuller's teasel, dipsacus fullonum, used for teasing or carding cloth.
  • • Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
  • verb
  • • To raise the nap on cloth; to tease; to card.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The farmer used a teazle to card the wool before spinning it into yarn."
  • • "The teazle plant has prickly flower heads that are often used in floral arrangements."

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New York Times23 Mar 1997 Across 93
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