sweet scabious
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noun
a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
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Origin of sweet scabious
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby sweet scabious
sweet pea, sweet pepper, sweet pepperbush, sweet potato, sweet roll, sweet scabious, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet shrub, sweetsop, sweet sorghum
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