scabious adjective 2noun 2forms 3 adjective2 •Of or pertaining to scabies. •Having scabs. noun2 •Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa.The grassy track, so gay with scabious and bedstraw, was snow-white at the bottom of its ruts. — 1907 •Any of several plants of the genus Knautia. formsscabiouses · more scabious · most scabious
