scabious

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12
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15
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8

Definition of scabious

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Having scabs.
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adj

  1. Having scabs.
  2. Of or pertaining to scabies.

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 several plants of the genus Knautia.

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Etymology

From Medieval Latin scabiōsus (“scabious”), from Latin scabiēs (see scabies); partly reinterpretable as scab + -ious.

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