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SCABIOUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa

Synonyms:

scabiosa; scabious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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