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CENTAUREA AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Centaurea americana mean? 

CENTAUREA AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun CENTAUREA AMERICANA has 1 sense:

1. annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small basketsplay

  Familiarity information: CENTAUREA AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTAUREA AMERICANA (noun)


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Meaning:

Annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

basket flower; Centaurea americana

Hypernyms ("Centaurea americana" is a kind of...):

centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurea)


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