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Webster 1913 Edition

Centaury

Cen′tau-ry

(sĕn′ta̤-ry̆)
,
Noun.
[L.
centaureum
and
centauria
, Gr.
κενταύριον
,
κενταύρειον
, and
κενταυρίη
, fr. the Centaur Chiron.]
(Bot.)
A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the
Erytheræa Centaurium
and the
Chlora perfoliata
of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus
Sabbatia
, and even to the unrelated
Centaurea
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Centaury

CENTAURY

,
Noun.
The name of a plant, and a genus of plants, of numerous species. The lesser centaury is a species of Gentiana. Centaury bears the popular names of knapweed, bluebottle, sultan, and star-thistle.

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