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the plant family Dipsacaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite or whorled leaves, dense flower heads surrounded by an involucre, and small, dry fruit, and including the scabious and teasel.
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teasel family
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teasel family — noun : dipsacaceae * * * the plant family Dipsacaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having opposite or whorled leaves, dense flower heads surrounded by an involucre, and small, dry fruit, and including the scabious and teasel … Useful english dictionary
teasel — [tē′zəl] n. [ME tasel < OE tæsel < base of tæsan, to TEASE] 1. any of a genus (Dipsacus) of bristly plants of the teasel family, with prickly, cylindrical heads of yellowish or purplish flowers, esp. the fuller s teasel ( D. fullonum) with… … English World dictionary
teasel — teaseler; esp. Brit., teaseller, n. /tee zeuhl/, n., v., teaseled, teaseling or (esp. Brit.) teaselled, teaselling. n. 1. any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, having prickly leaves and flower heads. Cf. teasel family. 2. the dried flower… … Universalium
teasel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English tesel, from Old English tǣsel; akin to Old English tǣsan to tease Date: before 12th century 1. a. an Old World prickly herb (Dipsacus fullonum of the family Dipsacaceae, the teasel family) with flower heads that… … New Collegiate Dictionary
teasel — tea•sel [[t]ˈti zəl[/t]] n. v. seled, sel•ing (esp. brit.) selled, sel•ling. 1) pln any of several plants of the genus Dipsacus, of the teasel family, having prickly leaves and flower heads 2) pln the dried flower head or burr of the plant D.… … From formal English to slang
teasel gourd — a prickly stemmed Arabian vine, Cucumis dipsaceus, of the gourd family, having burlike, bristly fruit. Also called hedgehog gourd. * * * … Universalium
teasel gourd — noun : hedgehog gourd * * * a prickly stemmed Arabian vine, Cucumis dipsaceus, of the gourd family, having burlike, bristly fruit. Also called hedgehog gourd … Useful english dictionary
Dipsacus laciniatus — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
Dipsacales — ▪ plant order Introduction teasel or honeysuckle order of flowering plants, containing 45 genera and about 1,100 species, which are distributed worldwide but centred mainly in the Northern Hemisphere. The order is best known for its ornamental… … Universalium
dipsacaceous — adjective see dipsacaceae * * * /dip seuh kay sheuhs/, adj. belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants. Cf. teasel family. [1840 50; < NL Dipsacace(ae) name of the family (Dipsac(us) the typical genus < Gk dípsakos teasel… … Useful english dictionary
