Definition of Genus dipsacus

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dipsacus

genus Dinornis
genus Diodon
genus Diomedea
genus Dionaea
genus Dioon
genus Dioscorea
genus Diospyros
genus Diphylla
genus Dipladenia
genus Diplococcus
genus Diplodocus
genus Diplopterygium
genus Diplotaxis
genus Dipodomys
genus Dipogon
genus Dipsacus
genus Dipsosaurus
genus Dipteronia
genus Dipteryx
genus Dipus
genus Dirca
genus Disa
genus Discina
genus Dodonaea
genus Dolichonyx
genus Dolichos
genus Dolichotis
genus Doliolum
genus Dombeya
genus Doodia

Literary usage of Genus dipsacus

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

1. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"... 1 genus, I species : genus dipsacus (Teasel). D. sylvestris (Wild T.). Medical properties: Root—diuretic, sudorific, stomachic. ..."

2. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States: Including the District by Asa Gray, Sereno Watson (1889)
"—Insert after the genus Dipsacus — 2. SCABIOSA, Tourn. SCABIOUS. Characters of Dipsacus, but the green leaves of the involucre and ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... is probably a cultivated form of the wild species; the dry heads are used to comb up the nap on doth. The genus Dipsacus gives its name to the family ..."

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