scabish

scabish
\\ˈskabish\ noun (-es)
Etymology: alteration of scabious (I)
2.
a. : an evening primrose (Oenothera biennis)
b. : either of two sundrops (O. fruticosa and O. glauca)

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ˈscabish U.S.
[? Corruption of scabious n.]
The Evening Primrose, Œnothera biennis.
1845–50 A. H. Lincoln Lect. Bot. 159. 1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 263.

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