What's a 7-letter word for "prickly herbs"?

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Why: In the In Touch Weekly crossword, #22 across: "Prickly herbs"

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Answer: TEASELS!

1. any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts

Source: One Across

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