Definition of Centaury

1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Centaurium.


2. Noun. Any plant of the genus Centaurea.

Definition of Centaury

1. n. A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.

Definition of Centaury

1. Noun. Any of the flowering plants in the genus ''Centaurium'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Centaury

1. a medicinal herb [n -RIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centaury

centals
centare
centares
centas
centaureas
centauresque
centauress
centauresses
centaurette
centaurettes
centauric
centauries
centauroid
centauroids
centaurs
centaury (current term)
centavo
centavos
centchroman
centenar
centenarian
centenarians
centenaries
centenary
centenier
centenionalis
centennial
centennially
centennials
center

Literary usage of Centaury

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Chemical Works of Caspar Neumann ...: Abridged and Methodized : with by Caspar Neumann, William Lewis (1773)
"... is confined to the roots : In the LESSER centaury itis only the herb, or the part which ... centaury is fo called from ..."

2. Flora historica: or, The three seasons of the British parterre historically by Henry Phillips (1829)
"To cure the bees, dried Roses, Acorn juice, Athenian Thyme and centaury conduce. ... Like the Common Poppy, the centaury is the corn-flower of all the ..."

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