Definition of "scabious"

scabious¹

adjective
comparative more scabious, superlative most scabious
1. Having scabs.
2. Of or pertaining to scabies.

scabious²

noun
plural scabiouses
1. Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.
  Quotations
  The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts.
  1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, XII
2. Any of several plants of the genus Knautia.