adj. 1. Of or relating to scabies. 2. Having scabs. |
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n. Any of various plants chiefly of the genus Scabiosa, especially S. atropurpurea, having opposite leaves and variously colored rounded flower heads. Also called scabiosa. [Middle English scabiose, from Medieval Latin (herba) scabiōsa, (herb) for scabies, scabious; see SCABIOSA.] |
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