Meaning of CENTAURY
| Pronunciation: | | 'sentoree
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- [n] any plant of the genus Centaurea
- [n] any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
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| | See Also: | | basket flower, broad leaved centaury, caltrop, Centaurea, Centaurea americana, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa, Centauria calcitrapa, Centaurium, Centaurium calycosum, Centaurium minus, Centaurium scilloides, dusty miller, flower, genus Centaurea, genus Centaurium, knapweed, lesser centaury, rosita, seaside centaury, slender centaury, star-thistle, subshrub, suffrutex, tufted centaury | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cen"tau*ry\, n. [L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. ?,
?, and ?, fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.)
A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is
usually given to the {Eryther[ae]a Centaurium} and the
{Chlora perfoliata} of Europe, but is also extended to the
whole genus {Sabbatia}, and even to the unrelated
{Centaurea}.
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