dipsacaceous

[ dip-suh-key-shuhs ]

adjective

1. belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dipsacaceous¹

1840–50; < New Latin Dipsacace ( ae ) name of the family ( Dipsac ( us ) the typical genus < Greek dípsakos teasel (derivative of dípsa thirst) + New Latin -aceae -aceae ) + -ous