field scabious

1. 1.

   perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the eastern United States

   SynonymsScabiosa arvensis

   Broaderscabious

Questions about field scabious

What does field scabious mean?

field scabious means "perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the eastern United States".

What is another word for field scabious?

Close synonyms include Scabiosa arvensis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is field scabious a common word?

field scabious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.