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dip•sa•ca•ceous
(dip′sə kā′shəs),USA pronunciation adj.
- Plant Biologybelonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants. Cf. teasel family.
- Greek dípsakos teasel (derivative of dípsa thirst) + Neo-Latin -aceae -aceae) + -ous
- Neo-Latin Dipsacace(ae) name of the family (Dipsac(us) the typical genus
- 1840–50