Definitions for: Centaury


[n] any plant of the genus Centaurea
[n] any of various plants of the genus Centaurium



Webster (1913) 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.

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

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