centaury

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: centaury

1	n	any plant of the genus Centaurea
2	n	any of various plants of the genus Centaurium

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: centaury

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; Centaurea americana, basket flower
annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets; Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa, dusty miller
a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust; Centauria calcitrapa, caltrop, star-thistle
Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America; knapweed
any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers; slender knapweed
a variety of knapweed; Jersey knapweed
a variety of knapweed; Centaurea nigra, black knapweed, hardheads, lesser knapweed
a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized; Centaurea scabiosa, great knapweed, greater knapweed
tall European perennial having purple flower heads

Type of:: subshrub, suffrutex
low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; Centaurium calycosum, rosita
erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States; Centaurium minus, lesser centaury
common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes; Centaurium scilloides, tufted centaury
tufted perennial of western Europe and Azores having bright pink to white flowers; seaside centaury
a variety of centaury found at the seaside; broad leaved centaury
a variety of centaury with broad leaves; slender centaury
a slender variety of centaury

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