scabiosa arvensis

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsfield scabious

   Broaderscabious

Questions about scabiosa arvensis

What does scabiosa arvensis mean?

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

What is another word for scabiosa arvensis?

Close synonyms include field scabious. 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 scabiosa arvensis a common word?

scabiosa arvensis 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.