Scabious
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.
"The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts."
- 2 any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa wordnet
- 3 Any of several plants of the genus Knautia.
Adjective
- 1 Having scabs.
- 2 Of or pertaining to scabies.
Antonyms
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More examples"The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Medieval Latin scabiōsus (“scabious”), from Latin scabiēs (see scabies); partly reinterpretable as scab + -ious.
Etymology 2
] From Medieval Latin scabiōsa, substantivized from scabiōsus (“scabious”), see Etymology 1; the name comes from their medical use in the Middle Ages to cure scabies and leprosy.