Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small genus of prickly biennial plants, of about a dozen species, the type of the natural order Dipsacaceæ.
- noun In conchology, an old genus of gastropods: same as
Eburna .
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- noun type genus of the Dipsacaceae: teasel
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In addition, Glucosamine-MSM Herbal also contains dipsacus root, which is known to regenerate bones and degenerated spinal disks.
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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