dipsacus sativus

1. 1.

   similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States

   Synonymsfuller's teasel

   Broaderteasel

Questions about dipsacus sativus

What does dipsacus sativus mean?

dipsacus sativus means "similar to the common teasel and similarly used; widespread in Europe and North Africa and western Asia; naturalized in United States".

What is another word for dipsacus sativus?

Close synonyms include fuller's teasel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dipsacus sativus a common word?

dipsacus sativus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.