DIPSACUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipsacus mean? 

• DIPSACUS (noun)
  The noun DIPSACUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel

  Familiarity information: DIPSACUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPSACUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dipsacus; genus Dipsacus

Hypernyms ("Dipsacus" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Dipsacus"):

teasel; teasle; teazel (any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts)

Holonyms ("Dipsacus" is a member of...):

Dipsacaceae; family Dipsacaceae (chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads)