Definition of Dipsacus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel.

Exact synonyms: Genus Dipsacus
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Dipsacaceae, Family Dipsacaceae
Member holonyms: Teasel, Teasle, Teazel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipsacus

Diplogonoporus
Diplopterygium
Diplopterygium longissimum
Diplotaxis
Diplotaxis erucoides
Diplotaxis muralis
Diplotaxis tenuifolia
Dipodidae
Dipodomys ordi
Dipodomys phillipsii
Dipogon
Dipogon lignosus
Dipper
Dippers
Dipsacaceae
Dipsacus
Dipsacus fullonum
Dipsacus sativus
Dipsacus sylvestris
Dipsosaurus
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Diptera
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipteronia
Dipteryx
Dipteryx odorata
Dipu
Dipus
Dipus sagitta
Dipylidium caninum

Literary usage of Dipsacus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Terms Used in Medicine and the Collateral Sciences by Richard Dennis Hoblyn (1856)
"dipsacus (Itya, thirst). A name formerly given to diabetes, from the thirst accompanying that affection. DIPSO'SIS (IMa, thirst). ..."

2. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Type species : dipsacus fullonum L. Scales of the receptacle straight-pointed. ... Scales of the receptacle hooked at the apex. 2. D. fullonum. i. dipsacus ..."

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