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Any of the flowering plants in or formerly in the genus Centaurium.
Centaurium, sensu stricto
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noun
Any of the flowering plants in or formerly in the genus Centaurium.
Gyrandra, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
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noun
Any of the flowering plants in or formerly in the genus Centaurium.
Schenkia, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
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noun
Any of the flowering plants in or formerly in the genus Centaurium.
Zeltnera, a New World genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
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noun
Any of diverse other plants:
Centaurea, a genus in the Asteraceae containing species sometimes called centaury
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Any of diverse other plants:
Cheirolophus crassifolius, a species in the Asteraceae commonly known as Maltese centaury
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noun
Any of diverse other plants:
Sabatia, a New World genus in the Gentianaceae containing species sometimes called centaury
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noun
any plant of the genus Centaurea
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex
Narrower terms: basket flower, Centaurea americana, dusty miller, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa, star-thistle, caltrop, Centauria calcitrapa, knapweed
noun
any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: flower
Narrower terms: rosita, Centaurium calycosum, lesser centaury, Centaurium minus, tufted centaury, Centaurium scilloides, seaside centaury, broad leaved centaury, slender centaury
History
From Middle English centaure, from Old English centaurie, from Medieval Latin centaurēa, centauria, from Latin centaurēum, centaurion, from Ancient Greek κενταύρειον (kentaúreion, “several plants related to Centaurea”), from κένταυρος (kéntauros, “centaur”) (due to the mythological discovery of its medicinal properties by Chiron the Centaur). Doublet of centaurea.
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