teasel family

teasel family
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 — 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

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