Scabious Definition

skābē-əs, skăbē-
adjective
Of or like scabies.
Webster's New World
Covered with scabs; scabby.
Webster's New World

Having scabs.

Wiktionary

Of or pertaining to scabies.

Wiktionary
noun

Scabiosa.

Webster's New World
Any of various plants chiefly of the genus Scabiosa, especially S. atropurpurea, having opposite leaves and variously colored rounded flower heads.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Scabious

Noun

Singular:
scabious
Plural:
scabiouses

Origin of Scabious

  • Middle English scabiose from Medieval Latin (herba) scabiōsa (herb) for scabies, scabious scabiosa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin scabiōsus mangy scabiosa

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Scabious Sentence Examples

  • In the American button-bush the heads are globular, in some species of teazel elliptical, while in scabious and in composite plants, as sunflower, dandelion, thistle, centaury and marigold, they are somewhat hemispherical, with a flattened, slightly hollowed, or convex disk.

  • Contracted or shortened form(Capitulum), Daisy,Dandelion, Scabious.

  • Some such as fairy flax, devil's bit scabious and sneezewort are due to seed introductions.

  • Design a summer meadow with some spring plants but include marjoram, knapweed and scabious.

  • In damp patches marsh valerian, devil's-bit scabious, marsh ragwort, water avens, meadowsweet and can be found.

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