Definition of Dipsacus sativus

1. Noun. Similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States.

Exact synonyms: Fuller's Teasel
Generic synonyms: Teasel, Teasle, Teazel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dipsacus Sativus

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 (current term)
Dipsacus sylvestris
Dipsosaurus
Dipsosaurus dorsalis
Diptera
Dipterocarpaceae
Dipteronia
Dipteryx
Dipteryx odorata
Dipu
Dipus
Dipus sagitta
Dipylidium caninum
Dipylon
Dipylon gate

Literary usage of Dipsacus sativus

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

1. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"984, with a separate ripe head ; and repr. in Carduus fullonum, sive Dipsacus sativus. Lob. ic. ii. 17. D. seu Labrum veneris. ..."

2. The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork.: Containing a by Charles Smith, Thomas Crofton Croker, Richard Caulfield (1893)
"The clothiers sow the other thistle, which botanists call Dipsacus sativus, but the best and strongest kind comes from Bristol. [Plantago Coronopus (Linn). ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... and scent the breeze of morn ; Rude Winter's rage with timely care t' avert, Let the skill'd thatcher ply his useful art. 1 Teasel : dipsacus sativus. ..."

4. A Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia: Being a Treatise on Pharmacology in by Samuel Frederick Gray (1821)
"Dipsacus sativus. Car- duus fullonum. D.fullonum. Root bitter, and tonic. *DEVILS BIT. Succisa. Morsus Diaboli. Scabiosa Succisa. Root used in syphilis and ..."

5. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"The fields about this place and Lusk used formerly to supply the clothiers of Dublin with the dipsacus sativus, or teasel plant, the richness of the soil ..."

6. The History of Drogheda: With Its Environs, and an Introductory Memoir of by John D'Alton (1844)
"The fields about it and Lusk, used formerly to supply the clothiers of Dublin with the dipsacus sativus, ..."

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