scabiosa

noun

sca·​bi·​o·​sa

ˌskābēˈōsə,

ˌskab-

1

capitalized : a large genus of Old World herbs (family Dipsacaceae) having terminal heads of flowers subtended by a leafy involucre and flowers with a 5-cleft often bilabiate corolla and four stamens

2

plural -s : any plant of the genus Scabiosa

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin, scabious

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