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Meaning of Scabious | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية زهرة الجرب
Čeština hlaváč
Deutsch Skabiose
Français scabieuse
Italiano scabiosa
Polski driakiew
Türkçe kum otu uyuz 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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