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Definition of Centaurea nigra
1. Noun. A weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centaurea Nigra
Literary usage of Centaurea nigra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1857)
"... and on the Specific Identity of Centaurea nigra and C. nigrescens. By the Ilev.
Professor HENSLOW, MA, FAS he had so far succeeded in changing the ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"Centaurea nigra, L.—North Country, Bailey's Diet.; Yk». ... Centaurea nigra,
L.—Scotl. Jamieson; North, Henderson's Folklore of the Northern Counties (ed. ..."
3. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1847)
"Note on Centaurea nigra, var. radiata, and C. nigrescens. By FENTON JA HORT, Esq.
IN reference to the controversy now continuing respecting the Centaurea ..."
4. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"Named from the hardness of the head of the Centaurea nigra ; for which reason it
was also called iron-weed ..."
5. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"Iren-harde. ' The herb vervain.' Hal. Wr. There is little doubt that Centaurea
nigra, ... (1) Centaurea nigra ..."
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