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Definition of Sweet scabious

1. Noun. Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweet Scabious

Literary usage of Sweet scabious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1900)
"S. atro-purpurea (sweet scabious), the most common Scabious, which when grown in distinct varieties, as it is now sold by our florists, adds much to the ..."

2. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1901)
"Under the name Saudade the flower- heads of the sweet scabious (S. atro- purpurea) are used for funeral wreaths by the Portuguese and other nations ; indeed ..."

3. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"This plant is well known in British gardens, under the denomination of the Sweet Scabious, from its honey-like smell. Its flowers are produced from June to ..."

4. Elements of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen (1896)
"Sometimes the flower both changes its position and closes, as is the case with the herb Robert and the sweet scabious, Fig. 158. The adaptations of flowers ..."

5. Elements of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen (1897)
"Sometimes the flower both changes its position and closes, as is the case with the herb Kobert and the sweet scabious, Fig. 158. The adaptations of flowers ..."

6. Elements of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen (1896)
"Sometimes the flower both changes its position, and closes, as is the case with the herb Robert and the sweet scabious, Fig. 158. The adaptations of flowers ..."

7. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1900)
"S. atro-purpurea (sweet scabious), the most common Scabious, which when grown in distinct varieties, as it is now sold by our florists, adds much to the ..."

8. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1901)
"Under the name Saudade the flower- heads of the sweet scabious (S. atro- purpurea) are used for funeral wreaths by the Portuguese and other nations ; indeed ..."

9. The Ladies' Flower-garden of Ornamental Perennials by Loudon (Jane) (1843)
"This plant is well known in British gardens, under the denomination of the Sweet Scabious, from its honey-like smell. Its flowers are produced from June to ..."

10. Elements of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen (1896)
"Sometimes the flower both changes its position and closes, as is the case with the herb Robert and the sweet scabious, Fig. 158. The adaptations of flowers ..."

11. Elements of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen (1897)
"Sometimes the flower both changes its position and closes, as is the case with the herb Kobert and the sweet scabious, Fig. 158. The adaptations of flowers ..."

12. Elements of Botany by Joseph Young Bergen (1896)
"Sometimes the flower both changes its position, and closes, as is the case with the herb Robert and the sweet scabious, Fig. 158. The adaptations of flowers ..."

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