Scabious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of or relating to scabies.
  • adj. Having scabs.
  • n. Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa, especially S. atropurpurea, having opposite leaves and variously colored flower heads that are subtended by an involucre. Also called scabiosa.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. having scabs
  • adj. of or pertaining to scabies
  • n. any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous.
  • n. Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositæ, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Consisting of scabs; scabby; scurfy; itchy.
  • n. A plant of the genus Scabiosa; the pincushion-flower.
  • n. In America, sometimes, the daisy-fieabane, Erigeron annuus.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    flower   
    Cross Reference
    sweet scabious    sheep's-scabious   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rough    itchy    leprous   
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