NOUN | plant | centaury | any of various plants of the genus Centaurium |
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plant | centaury | any plant of the genus Centaurea |
Meaning | Any of various plants of the genus Centaurium. | |
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Member of | Centaurium, genus Centaurium | genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers |
Narrower | broad leaved centaury | A variety of centaury with broad leaves |
lesser centaury, Centaurium minus | Common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes | |
rosita, Centaurium calycosum | Erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States | |
seaside centaury | A variety of centaury found at the seaside | |
slender centaury | A slender variety of centaury | |
tufted centaury, Centaurium scilloides | tufted perennial of western Europe and Azores having bright pink to white flowers | |
Broader | flower | A plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms |
Spanish | centaura, centaurea | |
Catalan | centàurea |
Meaning | Any plant of the genus Centaurea. | |
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Member of | Centaurea, genus Centaurea | knapweed |
Narrower | basket flower, Centaurea americana | annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets |
dusty miller, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa | A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust | |
knapweed | Any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers | |
star-thistle, caltrop, Centauria calcitrapa | Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales | |
Broader | subshrub, suffrutex | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |
Spanish | centaura |
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