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noun
Any of various common weeds of, or formerly of, the genus Centaurea.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: hardhead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weed, plant, organism
noun
Any of various common weeds of, or formerly of, the genus Centaurea.
Centaurea nigra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hardhead
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weed, plant, organism
noun
Any of various common weeds of, or formerly of, the genus Centaurea.
Rhaponticum repens.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hardhead, Russian knapweed
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weed, plant, organism
noun
Any of various common weeds of, or formerly of, the genus Centaurea.
Centaurea calcitrapa.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: hardhead, starthistle, caltrop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weed, plant, organism
noun
any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: centaury
Narrower terms: slender knapweed, Jersey knapweed, lesser knapweed, black knapweed, hardheads, Centaurea nigra, great knapweed, greater knapweed, Centaurea scabiosa
History
Alteration of knopweed.
Across languages
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
