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CENTAUREA CINERARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Centaurea cineraria mean?
• CENTAUREA CINERARIA (noun)
The noun CENTAUREA CINERARIA has 1 sense:
1. a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
Familiarity information: CENTAUREA CINERARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Centaurea cineraria; Centaurea gymnocarpa; dusty miller
Hypernyms ("Centaurea cineraria" is a kind of...):
centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurea)
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