Scabious meaning

skābē-əs, skăbē-
Of or relating to scabies.
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Having scabs.
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Any of various plants chiefly of the genus Scabiosa, especially S. atropurpurea, having opposite leaves and variously colored rounded flower heads.
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Covered with scabs; scabby.
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Of or like scabies.
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Of or relating to scabies.
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Having scabs.
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Having scabs.
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Of or pertaining to scabies.
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Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.
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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.

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