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centaury
(encz) | centaury,zeměžluč n: Zdeněk Brož |
Centaury
(gcide) | Centaury \Cen"tau*ry\ (s[e^]n"t[add]*r[y^]), n. [L. centaureum
and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h,
fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.)
A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is
usually given to the Eryther[ae]a Centaurium and the
Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the
whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated
Centaurea.
[1913 Webster] |
centaury
(wn) | centaury
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
2: any plant of the genus Centaurea |
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lesser centaury
(encz) | lesser centaury, n: |
seaside centaury
(encz) | seaside centaury, n: |
slender centaury
(encz) | slender centaury, n: |
tufted centaury
(encz) | tufted centaury, n: |
Centaury
(gcide) | Centaury \Cen"tau*ry\ (s[e^]n"t[add]*r[y^]), n. [L. centaureum
and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h,
fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.)
A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is
usually given to the Eryther[ae]a Centaurium and the
Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the
whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated
Centaurea.
[1913 Webster] |
american centaury
(wn) | American centaury
n 1: any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern
United States resembling a true centaury [syn: {marsh
pink}, rose pink, bitter floom, American centaury,
Sabbatia stellaris, Sabbatia Angularis] |
broad leaved centaury
(wn) | broad leaved centaury
n 1: a variety of centaury with broad leaves |
lesser centaury
(wn) | lesser centaury
n 1: common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in
dense cymes [syn: lesser centaury, Centaurium minus] |
seaside centaury
(wn) | seaside centaury
n 1: a variety of centaury found at the seaside |
slender centaury
(wn) | slender centaury
n 1: a slender variety of centaury |
tufted centaury
(wn) | tufted centaury
n 1: tufted perennial of western Europe and Azores having bright
pink to white flowers [syn: tufted centaury, {Centaurium
scilloides}] |
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