What's the difference between scabiosa and scabious?
Scabiosa
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Scabious
Definition:
(a.) Consisting of scabs; rough; itchy; leprous; as, scabious eruptions.
(a.) Any plant of the genus Scabiosa, several of the species of which are common in Europe. They resemble the Compositae, and have similar heads of flowers, but the anthers are not connected.
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(1) Cutaneous lymphoplasia in persistent scabious nodules is possibly an indirect evidence of the importance of immunological factors in scabies.
(2) Six patients with pseudolymphomatous scabious nodules were found in the literature and of these only one had evidence of lymphoid follicle formation with germinal centres.
(3) Short lived and persistent scabious nodules are discussed and diagnosis with lymphomatous nodules, dermatofibroma and urticaria pigmentosa considered.
(4) Two patients with one year duration post-scabious nodules are reported.
(5) The number of irritations and post-scabious eczematous reactions was increased after benzyl benzoate treatment.
(6) An abundance of marsh fritillary butterfly caterpillars on downs in Dorset and Wiltshire; in some places they got through all of their food-plant leaves (devil's-bit scabious).
(7) Two patients (5%) required intralesional injections of triamcinolone diacetate because of persistent scabious nodules.
(8) The paper concerns morphological adaptations, embryonal and postembryonal development, life cycle pattern, scabious passage as a reproductive formation, invasive stages, feeding, reproduction and topical relationships with the host, distribution and survival in the environment.
(9) As Ian prepares for the half-mile-long return journey, he points a fistful of oily cotton waste towards the purple thistle-like flowerheads of knapweed, the pink, white and blue pincushion-shaped flowers of scabious, and the vivid blue of cornflower.