Scabious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scabious \Sca"bi*ous\, a. [L. scabiosus, from scabies the scab:
     cf. F. scabieux.]
     Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious
     eruptions. --Arbuthnot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scabious \Sca"bi*ous\, n. [Cf. F. scabieuse. See {Scabious}, a.]
     (Bot.)
     Any plant of the genus {Scabiosa}, several of the species of
     which are common in Europe. They resemble the {Compositae},
     and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not
     connected.
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     {Sweet scabious}.
     (a) Mourning bride.
     (b) A daisylike plant ({Erigeron annuus}) having a stout
         branching stem.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scabious
       n : any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa [syn: {scabiosa}]