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MOURNFUL WIDOW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mournful widow mean?
• MOURNFUL WIDOW (noun)
The noun MOURNFUL WIDOW has 1 sense:
1. Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States
Familiarity information: MOURNFUL WIDOW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
mournful widow; pincushion flower; Scabiosa atropurpurea; sweet scabious
Hypernyms ("mournful widow" is a kind of...):
scabiosa; scabious (any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa)
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