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sweet scabious
(encz) | sweet scabious, n: |
Sweet scabious
(gcide) | Scabious \Sca"bi*ous\, n. [Cf. F. scabieuse. See Scabious, a.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of
which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae,
and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not
connected.
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Sweet scabious.
(a) Mourning bride.
(b) A daisylike plant (Erigeron annuus) having a stout
branching stem.
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sweet scabious
(wn) | sweet scabious
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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Sweet scabious
(gcide) | Scabious \Sca"bi*ous\, n. [Cf. F. scabieuse. See Scabious, a.]
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of
which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae,
and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not
connected.
[1913 Webster]
Sweet scabious.
(a) Mourning bride.
(b) A daisylike plant (Erigeron annuus) having a stout
branching stem.
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