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Webster 1913 Edition
Centaurea
‖
Cenˊtau-re′a
,p
rop.
Noun.
[NL. See
Centaury
.] (Bot.)
A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (
Centaurea Cyanus
) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa
).