Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.
source: Webster 1913
noun
any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa
source: WordNet 3.0
Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositæ, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.
