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Centaury
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What's The Definition Of Centaury?
[n] any plant of the genus Centaurea
[n] any of various plants of the genus Centaurium Synonyms | Synonyms for Centaury: Related Terms | Find terms related to Centaury: 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 Centaury In Webster's Dictionary \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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