centaury
English Thesaurus
1. any plant of the genus Centaurea (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | subshrub, suffrutex, |
| definition | : | low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | basket flower, centaurea americana, |
| definition | : | annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | caltrop, centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle, |
| definition | : | Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | knapweed, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers (noun.plant) |
2. any of various plants of the genus Centaurium (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | flower, |
| definition | : | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | centaurium calycosum, rosita, |
| definition | : | erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | seaside centaury, |
| definition | : | a variety of centaury found at the seaside (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | centaurium, genus centaurium, |
| definition | : | genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers (noun.plant) |
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