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Mourning bride

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(Bot.) a garden flower (Scabiosa atropurpurea) with dark purple or crimson flowers in flattened heads.

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The upshot was a legal attitude toward rape in this country that put the burden on the victim and asked if she might not be acting out the fury of ``a woman scorned,'' to quote William Congreve's play ``The Mourning Bride.
 
 
 
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