SCABIOUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scabious mean? 

• SCABIOUS (noun)
  The noun SCABIOUS has 1 sense:

1. any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa

  Familiarity information: SCABIOUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCABIOUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

scabiosa; scabious

Hypernyms ("scabious" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scabious"):

mournful widow; pincushion flower; Scabiosa atropurpurea; sweet scabious (Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States)

field scabious; Scabiosa arvensis (perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the eastern United States)

Holonyms ("scabious" is a member of...):

genus Scabiosa (annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs; mainly Mediterranean)