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CENTAUREA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Centaurea mean?
• CENTAUREA (noun)
The noun CENTAUREA has 1 sense:
1. knapweed; star thistle
Familiarity information: CENTAUREA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Knapweed; star thistle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Centaurea; genus Centaurea
Hypernyms ("Centaurea" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Centaurea"):
centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurea)
bachelor's button; bluebottle; Centaurea cyanus; cornflower (an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers)
Centaurea imperialis; sweet sultan (perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers)
Holonyms ("Centaurea" is a member of...):
aster family; Asteraceae; Compositae; family Asteraceae; family Compositae (plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia)
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