scabious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
    scabiosa.

WordNet

Sca"bi*ous adjective
Etymology
L. scabious, from scabies the scab: cf. F. scabieux.
Definitions
  1. Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions. Arbuthnot.
Sca"bi*ous noun
Etymology
Cf. F. scabieuse. See Scabious, a.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositæ, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.

Webster 1913