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MOURNFUL WIDOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mournful widow mean? 

MOURNFUL WIDOW (noun)
  The noun MOURNFUL WIDOW has 1 sense:

1. Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: MOURNFUL WIDOW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOURNFUL WIDOW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

mournful widow; pincushion flower; Scabiosa atropurpurea; sweet scabious

Hypernyms ("mournful widow" is a kind of...):

scabiosa; scabious (any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa)


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