Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The sweet scabious, Scabiosa atropurpurea: so called when its flowers are deep purple or crimson, but they are sometimes rose-colored or even white.
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Examples
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Some summer flowers found in every garden -- the double stocks (gilli-flowers) blend their varied shades finely with the glittering coreopsis, the sombre mourning-bride, and the violet cerulean Canterbury bells.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various
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"Well, it is very curious," said Rose, taking the great bunch of mourning-bride that her friend handed her, and separating the flowers daintily.
Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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The soft, purple eyes of the mourning-bride were no less lovely to us in
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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'Allee same,' I don't believe you see that beautiful mourning-bride behind you. "
Hildegarde's Holiday a story for girls Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896
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