Scabious

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1. Adjective

Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.

2. Adjective

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.

3. Noun

any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
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