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Dipsacus

noun
Dip·sa·cus | \ˈdipsəkəs\

Definition of Dipsacus 

: a genus (the type of the family Dipsacaceae) of Old World prickly herbs comprising the teasels

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History and Etymology for Dipsacus

New Latin, from Greek dipsakos teasel, diabetes, from dipsa thirst

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