scabious

One entry found for scabious.

Main Entry: ¹sca·bi·ous
Pronunciation: 'skA-bE-&s, 'ska-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English scabiose, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin scabiosa, from Latin, feminine of scabiosus, adjective
: any of a genus (Scabiosa) of Old World herbs of the teasel family with terminal flower heads subtended by a leafy involucre