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Definition of Centaurea
1. Noun. Knapweed; star thistle.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Centaury, Bachelor's Button, Bluebottle, Centaurea Cyanus, Cornflower, Centaurea Imperialis, Sweet Sultan
Definition of Centaurea
1. n. A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa).
Definition of Centaurea
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Centaurea
Literary usage of Centaurea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Flora of Pennsylvania by Thomas Conrad Porter, John Kunkel Small (1903)
"centaurea L. Bracts of the involucre fimbriate or lacerate, not spiny. ...
centaurea Calcitrapa L. STAR THISTLE. (Man. p. 1035 ; 1. Ff 4080. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1890)
"L. centaurea Scabiosa. L. [Britten & Holland.] BACKEN. vb. To retard, keep back.
[V. of Glos.] [F. of D.] [E.] BACKER. adv. Farther back. BACKFRIEND. sb. ..."
3. Curtis's Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-garden Displayed by John Sims (1809)
"This plant has affinity with centaurea montana (No. ... whence the feeds were
received under the name of centaurea ..."
4. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1847)
"The figure represents the catkins mature, the specimen now received has them in
a half-grown state.—E. Newman]. Remarks on centaurea nigrescens, ..."
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