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Definition of Centaury
1. Noun. Any of various plants of the genus Centaurium.
Group relationships: Centaurium, Genus Centaurium
Specialized synonyms: Centaurium Calycosum, Rosita, Centaurium Minus, Lesser Centaury, Centaurium Scilloides, Tufted Centaury, Seaside Centaury, Broad Leaved Centaury, Slender Centaury
2. Noun. Any plant of the genus Centaurea.
Specialized synonyms: Basket Flower, Centaurea Americana, Centaurea Cineraria, Centaurea Gymnocarpa, Dusty Miller, Caltrop, Centauria Calcitrapa, Star-thistle, Knapweed
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
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
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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