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DIPSACUS SYLVESTRIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dipsacus sylvestris mean?
• DIPSACUS SYLVESTRIS (noun)
The noun DIPSACUS SYLVESTRIS has 1 sense:
1. European teasel with white to pink flowers; naturalized in United States
Familiarity information: DIPSACUS SYLVESTRIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European teasel with white to pink flowers; naturalized in United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Dipsacus sylvestris; wild teasel
Hypernyms ("Dipsacus sylvestris" 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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