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SWEET SCABIOUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sweet scabious mean?
• SWEET SCABIOUS (noun)
The noun SWEET SCABIOUS has 1 sense:
1. Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States
Familiarity information: SWEET SCABIOUS 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 ("sweet scabious" is a kind of...):
scabiosa; scabious (any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa)
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