scabious

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.
    — The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts.
  2. Any of several plants of the genus Knautia.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having scabs.
  2. Of or pertaining to scabies.

词形变化

more scabious comparative most scabious superlative scabiouses plural

词汇关系

近义词
scabiosa
衍生词
antiscabious blue scabious devil's bit scabious field scabious sheep's bit scabious sweet scabious
相关词
scabrous

词源

词源 1
From Medieval Latin scabiōsus (“scabious”), from Latin scabiēs (see scabies); partly reinterpretable as scab + -ious.
词源 2
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From Medieval Latin scabiōsa, substantivized from scabiōsus (“scabious”), see Etymology 1; the name comes from their medical use in the Middle Ages to cure scabies and leprosy.
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