Centaury Definition

sĕntôrē
centauries
noun
Any of a genus (Centaurium) of small plants of the gentian family, with flat clusters of red or rose flowers.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Centaury

Noun

Singular:
centaury
Plural:
centauries

Origin of Centaury

  • Middle English from Old English centaurie from Latin centaurēum from Greek kentaureion from Kentauros centaur (from the legend that the plant's medicinal properties were discovered by the centaur Chiron)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Centaury Sentence Examples

  • Centaury (Erythraea) - Pretty dwarf biennials belonging to the Gentian family.

  • In the American button-bush the heads are globular, in some species of teazel elliptical, while in scabious and in composite plants, as sunflower, dandelion, thistle, centaury and marigold, they are somewhat hemispherical, with a flattened, slightly hollowed, or convex disk.

  • Banks of wild flowers - centaury, wild carrot, harebell, bird's foot trefoil, purging flax and thrift adorn the route.

  • The heathlands are home to a rich variety of wetland plants and animals, including the rare yellow centaury.

  • They range from the tiny pink flowered common centaury through to the 1.5 meter tall Marsh Thistle.

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