scabious vs scurvy

scabious

adj
  • Having scabs. 

  • Of or pertaining to scabies. 

noun
  • Any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Scabiosa. 

  • Any of several plants of the genus Knautia. 

scurvy

adj
  • Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy. 

  • Contemptible, despicable, low, disgustingly mean. 

noun
  • A disease caused by insufficient intake of vitamin C, leading to the formation of livid spots on the skin, spongy gums, loosening of the teeth and bleeding into the skin and from almost all mucous membranes. 

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