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Pronunciation: [skˈabɪəs] (IPA)

Scabious is a term that refers to a plant species, also known as Knautia arvensis. This plant is commonly found in fields, meadows, and waste places in Europe and Asia. Synonyms for scabious include Knautia, field scabious, scabiosa, and cornflower. The plant has been used traditionally for medicinal purposes as it has properties that are beneficial in treating wounds, inflammation, and ulcers. The name scabious comes from the Latin word scabies, meaning itch, which is associated with the plant's healing properties. The scabious flower is also popular in floral arrangements and attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, making it a valuable plant in gardens and natural habitats.
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When they rested after a hot climb, deep in some high meadow not yet reached by the ascending haymakers, and through the stalks of its bee-haunted flowers, its delicate bending scabious and frail ragged-robins, could see little bits of lake far below and the white villages on the mountains opposite, and the whole world was only asking to be made a frame of for love, where, he inquired of himself, in the picture that was in her mind and irradiating her eyes, was he?
"The Pastor's Wife"
Elizabeth von Arnim
Bees hummed among the scabious, and blue and sulphur butterflies hovered over the patches of wild thyme.
"The Story of Louie"
Oliver Onions
Sheets of the scarlet sorrel by and by appear, and foxgloves of all sizes troop in the woods, and are succeeded by the rose bay willow herb, and lastly come perfect clouds of the little devils'-bit scabious.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge

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