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Definition of Genus Dipsacus
1. Noun. Type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Dipsacaceae, Family Dipsacaceae
Member holonyms: Teasel, Teasle, Teazel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Dipsacus
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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