/dip'seuh kay"sheuhs/ , adj.
belonging to the Dipsacaceae, the teasel family of plants. Cf. teasel family .
[ 1840-50; Dipsacace ( ae ) name of the family ( Dipsac ( us ) the typical genus dípsakos teasel (deriv. of dípsa thirst) + NL -aceae -ACEAE) + -OUS ]