| slovo | definícia |
scabiosa
(encz) | scabiosa, n: |
scabiosa
(wn) | scabiosa
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa [syn:
scabious, scabiosa] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Scabiosa atropurpurea
(gcide) | Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
and the like.
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Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
flattened heads.
Mourning dove (Zool.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura)
found throughout the United States; -- so named from its
plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust.
under Dove.
Mourning warbler (Zool.), an American ground warbler
(Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck,
and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
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centaurea scabiosa
(wn) | Centaurea scabiosa
n 1: tall European perennial having purple flower heads [syn:
great knapweed, greater knapweed, Centaurea scabiosa] |
genus scabiosa
(wn) | genus Scabiosa
n 1: annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs; mainly
Mediterranean |
scabiosa arvensis
(wn) | Scabiosa arvensis
n 1: perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the
eastern United States [syn: field scabious, {Scabiosa
arvensis}] |
scabiosa atropurpurea
(wn) | Scabiosa atropurpurea
n 1: Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson
flower heads; naturalized in United States [syn: {sweet
scabious}, pincushion flower, mournful widow, {Scabiosa
atropurpurea}] |
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