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Definition of Centaurea americana
1. Noun. Annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centaurea Americana
Literary usage of Centaurea americana
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1862)
"Annuals that do well are the Sultan's, Sweet Mignonette, Sweet Alyssum, Viscaria
oculata, centaurea americana, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1884)
"Besides the motion in centaurea americana, observed by Miss Powel, Mr. Meehan said
that he found a similar motion in the following plants growing in his ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"centaurea americana Nutt. American Star Thistle. Fig. 4662. C. americana Nutt.
Journ. Phila. Acad. 2: 117. 1821. ..."
4. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"centaurea americana. — American Centaurea. — A handsome hardy annual, discovered
by Nuttall, on the alluvial soil of the Arkansas and Red rivers, ..."
5. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"... and we have seen magnificent specimens of the plant growing in the Hammersmith
Nursery. 3.—centaurea americana. THE AMERICAN CENTAURY. SYNONYMES. ..."
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