The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads
Synonym: family Dipsacaceae
Dipsacaceae
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| seedhead of Fullers' Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Dipsacales |
| Family: | Dipsacaceae Juss. |
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The Dipsacaceae, or teasel family, of the order Dipsacales contains 350 species of perennial or biennial herbs and shrubs in eleven genera. Native to most temperate climates, they are found in Europe, Asia and Africa. Some species of this family have been naturalized in other places.
The family has contained the following genera.
- Acanthocalyx
- Dipsacus (teasel)
- Knautia
- Scabiosa
- Succisa (devil's bit)
- Succisella
- Morina -- also placed in its own family, Morinaceae.
- Cephalaria
- Pterocephalus
- Callistemma
- Pycnocomon
- Triplostegia
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| Scabiosa (garden annual) |
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- Dipsacales (magnoliophyta)
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- Scabiosa (garden annual)
- Dipsacus fullonum
