'Scabiosa atropurpurea' definitions:
Definition of 'Scabiosa atropurpurea'
(from WordNet)
noun
Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads; naturalized in United States [syn: sweet scabious, pincushion flower, mournful widow, Scabiosa atropurpurea]
Definition of 'Scabiosa atropurpurea'
From: GCIDE
- Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
- 1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing; as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin, and the like. [1913 Webster]
- Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads.
- Mourning dove (Zool.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura) found throughout the United States; -- so named from its plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust. under Dove.
- Mourning warbler (Zool.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow. [1913 Webster]