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centaurium calycosum |
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centaurium scilloides |
centauromachy |
centaurus |
Centaury
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Centaury
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Centaury has 2 senses
- centaury(n = noun.plant) Array - any of various plants of the genus Centaurium; Array is a kind of flower
- centaury(n = noun.plant) Array - any plant of the genus Centaurea; Array is a member of centaurea, genus centaurea
is a member of centaurium, genus centaurium
has particulars: centaurium calycosum, rosita, centaurium minus, lesser centaury, centaurium scilloides, tufted centaury, seaside centaury, broad leaved centaury, slender centaury
has particulars: basket flower, centaurea americana, centaurea cineraria, centaurea gymnocarpa, dusty miller, caltrop, centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle, knapweed
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
CIDE DICTIONARY
Centaury, n. [L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h, fr. the Centaur Chiron.].
A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia , and even to the unrelated Centaurea . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Centaury, n. (pl. -ies) any plant of the genus Centaurium, esp. C. erythraea, formerly used in medicine.
Etymology
LL centaurea ult. f. Gk kentauros CENTAUR: from the legend that it was discovered by the centaur Chiron
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