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Definition of Centauries
1. centaury [n] - See also: centaury
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centauries
Literary usage of Centauries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chapters on Evolution by Andrew Wilson (1883)
"the centauries (Fig. 202, a) are developing, into long petal-like organs (Fig.
... The dandelions'and centauries lead us from the thistles with similar ..."
2. The Plants by Grant Allen (1902)
"But one of its forms, and most of the cultivated garden centauries, have the
outer florets much larger and more broadly open than the cen- them may be ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1881)
"In the Centauries of our waysides and cornfields, we witness the same composite
structure of the flower-head; but here, the outermost florets (2 oa) of the ..."
4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1908)
"The little group of plants known as Centauries were very generally called by
pre-Linnean botanists Centaurium, but in the 1st edition of the Species ..."
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