genus dipsacus

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1. type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	asterid dicot genus,
definition	:	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	teasel, teasle, teazel,
definition	:	any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	dipsacaceae, family dipsacaceae,
definition	:	chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads (noun.plant)