noun
chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads
• Syn: ↑Dipsacaceae
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rubiales, ↑order Rubiales
• Member Meronyms: ↑Dipsacus, ↑genus Dipsacus, ↑genus Scabiosa
Useful english dictionary. 2012.