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dipsacaceous

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dip⋅sa⋅ca⋅ceous

  [dip-suh-key-shuhs]
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–adjective
belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.
Compare teasel family.

Origin:
1840–50; < NL Dipsacace(ae) name of the family (Dipsac(us) the typical genus < Gk dípsakos teasel (deriv. of dípsa thirst) + NL -aceae -aceae ) + -ous
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