scabious
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Medieval Latin scabiōsus (“scabious”), from Latin scabiēs (see scabies).
Adjective
editscabious (comparative more scabious, superlative most scabious)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Medieval Latin scabiōsa, substantive form of scabiōsus (“scabious”) (see Etymology 1).
Noun
editscabious (plural scabiouses)
- Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 128]:
- The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII [Uniform ed., p. 128]:
- Any of several plants of the genus Knautia.