Bible Dictionaries
Scabious

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.

(2):

(a.) Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scabious'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/scabious.html. 1828.