scabious

English Thesaurus

1. any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	flower,
definition	:	a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	mournful widow, pincushion flower, scabiosa atropurpurea, sweet scabious,
definition	:	Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	field scabious, scabiosa arvensis,
definition	:	perennial having bluish-lilac flowers; introduced in the eastern United States (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus scabiosa,
definition	:	annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs; mainly Mediterranean (noun.plant)