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Meaning of "scabious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCABIOUS

From Latin scabiōsus, from scabies.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SCABIOUS

scabious  [ˈskeɪbɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCABIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scabious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCABIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

scabious

Scabiosa

Scabiosa /skeɪbiˈoʊsə/ is a genus in the teasel Family Dipsacaceae of flowering plants. Many of the species in this genus have common names that include the word scabious; however some plants commonly known as scabious are currently classified in related genera such as Knautia and Succisa; at least some of these were formerly placed in Scabiosa. Another common name for members of this genus is pincushion flowers. Members of this genus are native to Europe and Asia. Some species of Scabiosa, notably small scabious and Mediterranean sweet scabious have been developed into cultivars for gardeners. Scabiosa plants have many small flowers of soft lavender blue, lilac or creamy white colour borne in a single head on a tall stalk. Scabious flowers are nectar rich and attract a variety of insects including moths and butterflies such as the Six-spot Burnet. Scabiosa species are also used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grey Pug.

Definition of scabious in the English dictionary

The definition of scabious in the dictionary is having or covered with scabs. Other definition of scabious is of, relating to, or resembling scabies.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCABIOUS


alias
ˈeɪlɪəs
amphibious
æmˈfɪbɪəs
Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
bathybius
bəˈθɪbɪəs
Bierce
bɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
dubious
ˈdjuːbɪəs
Eusebius
juːˈsiːbɪəs
genius
ˈdʒiːnɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
indubious
ɪnˈdjuːbɪəs
miscellaneous
ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs
obvious
ˈɒbvɪəs
plumbeous
ˈplʌmbɪəs
Polybius
pəʊˈlɪbɪəs
previous
ˈpriːvɪəs
rubious
ˈruːbɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
triphibious
traɪˈfɪbɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCABIOUS

scabbedness
scabbier
scabbiest
scabbily
scabbiness
scabbing
scabble
scabby
scabby mouth
scaberulous
scabies
scabietic
scabiosa
scabland
scablands
scabrid
scabridity
scabrous
scabrously
scabrousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCABIOUS

ambitious
anxious
conscious
delicious
devil´s bit scabious
furious
glorious
infectious
luscious
luxurious
malicious
mysterious
notorious
precious
prestigious
pretentious
religious
spacious
suspicious
vicious

Synonyms and antonyms of scabious in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «scabious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCABIOUS

Find out the translation of scabious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scabious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scabious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

scabious
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

scabious
570 millions of speakers

English

scabious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुजलीवाला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأريغارون شيخ الربيع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скабиоза
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

scabious
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খোসযুক্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

scabieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Scabious
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

krätzig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

疥癬の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

scabious
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scabious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mặt nhám
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சொறி, சிரங்கு உடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खरुज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uyuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scabious
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gwiazdnik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скабіоза
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scabios
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

scabious
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

schurftig
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

scabious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

scabious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scabious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCABIOUS»

The term «scabious» is regularly used and occupies the 100.390 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCABIOUS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scabious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCABIOUS»

Discover the use of scabious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scabious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A General Natural History Or New and Accurate Description of ...
The yellow-flowered, multifid-leaved Scabious. 4. The broad-leaved, proliferous Scabious. 5. The narrow-leaved, proliserous Scabious. 6. The great, centauryleaved Scabious. 7. The red-flowered, jagged-leaved Scabious. 8. The great ...
John Hill, 1751
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General Natural History
The yellow-flowered, multisid-leaved Scabious. '4. The broad-leaved, proliferous Scabious. 5. The narrow-leaved, proliferous Scabious. 6. The great, centauryleaved Scabious. 7. The red-flowered, jagged-leaved Scabious; 8. The great ...
John Hill, 1751
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Dictionarium Botanicum: Or, a Botanical Dictionary for the ...
Scabiosa Hispanica major, The great Spanish Scabious. This greater Spanish Scabious \as large soft woolly Leaves, much cut in on both Edges, like the Leaves of the great Field or Corn Scabious; each Part also dented about the Edges, the ...
Richard Bradley, T. Woodward ((Londres)), J. Peele ((Londres)), 1728
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A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions ...
*The great, African, arbo'rescent Scabious. HetHi/Iarjy of P LA N.T S. 3. The yellow-flowered, multifid-leaved Scabious. 4. The broad-leaved, proliserous Scabious. 5. The narrow-leaved, proliferous Scabious. 6. The great, centauryleaved ...
John Hill, 1751
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The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Best and Newest ...
Cliff. 31. Scabious with quadrrfid radiatedflorets, and a "ough hairy stal/lc. Scabiosa pratenfis hirsuta, que officinarum. C. B. P. 269. Hairy Meadow Scahious of the shops. _ 2. SCABIOSA (Succija) corollulis quadrifidis xqualibus, caule simplici, ...
Philip Miller, 1768
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A General Natural History: Or, New and Accurate Descriptions ...
3. The yellow-flowered, multisid-leaved Scabious. 4. The broad-leaved, proliferous Scabious. 5. The narrow-leaved, proliserous Scabiqus. 6. The great, centauryleaved Scabious. . 7. The red-flowered, jagged-leaved Scabious. 8. The great ...
‎1773
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis
Scabiosa integrifolia, or red-flowered annual scabious. -Leaves undivided, root- leaves ovate serrate, branch-leaves lanceolate, stem herbaceous. Root annual.- —Native of Ger.many, Switzerland, the south of France, and the county of Nice.
John Wilkes, 1827
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
Scabiosa integrifolia, or red-flowered annual scabious. — Leaves undivided, root -leaves ovate serrate, branch-leaves lanceolate, stem herbaceous. Root annual. — Native of Germany, Switzerland, the south of France, and the county of Nice.
‎1827
9
Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe
Field. Scabious. Knautia arvensis Distinguishing features: The grey-green, elongated basal leaves of this 25-75cm-high plant are undivided, but the leaves on the stem have an opposite arrangement and deep indentations (2). A flat receptacle ...
Michael Eppinger, 2006
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New Flora Britannica Illustrated with One Hundred and Thirty ...
SWEET SCABIOUS. This genus contains plants of the herbaceous, annual, biennial, perennial, and shrubby kinds. It belongs to the class and order Tetrandria Monogynia, and ranks in the natural order of Aggregate. The characters are: that ...
Sydenham Edwards, 1812

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCABIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scabious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Save our bees! Not every gardener can keep them, but we can all …
There are many kinds of scabious or pin-cushion plants, but all have delicate flowers on long stems. They flower best in dry, sunny, well-drained conditions so if ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Pincushion flowers make their pretty point
The pretty blue flowers of wild scabious have been in flower for a couple of weeks and still have more time to go. There are three kinds of wild scabious, all with ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
3
Sowing wildflower meadows, and leaving Nature in charge
The third surprise of the day was finding a Speckled Bush Cricket nymph on an unopened Small Scabious flower head (see photo). Amazingly, crickets can shed ... «The Ecologist, Jul 15»
4
A six-sided swim in the Golan's Hexagon Pool
During the summer months a multitude of Jaffa scabious are in startling flower amidst the dry, yellow stalks of other plants. One of the only buds which blossoms ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
5
Nearby wild - how I turned my lawn into a mini-meadow
But look closer and you can see the leaves of Cowslips, some with flower heads, Common Vetch, Betony, Self Heal, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Field Scabious, Oxeye ... «The Ecologist, Apr 15»
6
Low Common is a high achiever
... heather, common spotted orchids, mat grass, pepper saxifrage, meadow thistle, grass of Parnassus, sneezewort, tufted hair-grass, field scabious, lousewort, ... «Rotherham Advertiser, Apr 15»
7
Gardening calendar: pick blackberries and sow coriander
... cornflowers (Centaurea cyanus 'Black Ball' and 'Blue Boy'), Euphorbia oblongata and scabious (Scabiosa atropurpurea 'Tall Double Mix' and 'Black Cat'). «Telegraph.co.uk, Sep 14»
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Haymakers give the meadow flowers time to seed
Flat pale blue faces of field scabious had begun to morph into balls of bristly seeds that might catch in fur or feathers. In the afternoon sunshine we could hear ... «The Guardian, Aug 14»
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Community News in Brief: Wednesday, May 21
... violets and dog's tooth violets – the food plants for the caterpillars – and nectar species for the butterflies such as ragged robin, bugle and devils-bit-scabious. «ChronicleLive, May 14»
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Grow herbs and enjoy sweet smell of success
Clockwise, from top left, Scabious Blue Mist, Scabious Pink Butterfly, Callistemon 'Splendens' and Rhododendron 'Germanic'. VIEW GALLERY. Grow herbs and ... «Derby Telegraph, Apr 14»

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