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Scabious

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.
  2. Any of several plants of the genus Knautia.

Equivalents

Françaisscabieuse
DeutschSkabiose
Italianoscabiosa
4 more languages
العربيةزهرة الجرب
Češtinahlaváč
Polskidriakiew
Türkçekum otuuyuz otu

Examples

“The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

scabland scabling scabredity scabridity scabrities scabrosity

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