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    GENUS DIPSACUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teaselplay

    Synonyms:

    Dipsacus; genus Dipsacus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Dipsacus" is a kind of...):

    asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Dipsacus"):

    teasel; teasle; teazel (any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts)

    Holonyms ("genus Dipsacus" is a member of...):

    Dipsacaceae; family Dipsacaceae (chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads)

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