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DIPSACUS SATIVUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipsacus sativus mean?
• DIPSACUS SATIVUS (noun)
The noun DIPSACUS SATIVUS has 1 sense:
1. similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States
Familiarity information: DIPSACUS SATIVUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dipsacus sativus; fuller's teasel
Hypernyms ("Dipsacus sativus" is a kind of...):
teasel; teasle; teazel (any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts)
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