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CHARDON FOULON [2 records]

Record 1 2008-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A plant of the family Dipsacaceae.

OBS

teasel: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

Dipsacus fullonum (Linnaeus); Dipsacus sylvestris (Hudson).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Plante de la famille des Dipsacaceae.

OBS

cardère de bois : nom à privilégier selon l’Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

OBS

Dipsacus fullonum (Linnaeus); Dipsacus sylvestris (Hudson).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 1997-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Textiles: Preparation and Processing
CONT

The dried prickly flower-head or bur of the fuller's teasel, used for teasing or dressing cloth so as to raise a nap on the surface ... The object..is to raise up the loose fibres of the woollen yarn into a nap by scratching it either with thistle-heads called teasels ... .

Key term(s)
  • teasle head
  • teasle top
  • thistle head
  • teazel head
  • teazel top
  • teasels
  • teazels
  • bur
  • burr

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Apprêt et traitements divers (Textiles)
CONT

Cardère :chardon à foulon : doit son nom au fait que son inflorescence séchée servait au cardage des laines. [...] Chardon foulon ou chardon bonnetier : la cardère. On l'utilisait dans l'industrie des apprêts pour garnir les laineuses, machines tirant le poil des tissus de laine ou de coton.

CONT

Chardonner : Faire ressortir les poils d’une étoffe avec des chardons à foulon [chardons végétaux] ou des chardons métalliques pour la rendre [duveteuse].

Spanish

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