scabious
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English
Etymology 1
From Medieval Latin scabiōsus (“scabious”), from Latin scabiēs (see scabies).
Adjective
scabious (comparative more scabious, superlative most scabious)
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Medieval Latin scabiōsa, substantive form of scabiōsus (“scabious”) (see Etymology 1).
Noun
scabious (plural scabiouses)
- Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.
- 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII :
- 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 :
- Any of several plants of the genus Knautia.