centaury

1. Any of various plants of the genus Centaurium (synset 112311265)
   is a type of: flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
   subtypes:

   • centaurium calycosum, rosita - erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States
   • centaurium minus, lesser centaury - common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes
   • centaurium scilloides, tufted centaury - tufted perennial of western Europe and Azores having bright pink to white flowers
   • seaside centaury - a variety of centaury found at the seaside
   • broad leaved centaury - a variety of centaury with broad leaves
   • slender centaury - a slender variety of centaury
   belongs to: centaurium, genus centaurium - genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers
2. Any plant of the genus Centaurea (synset 111967720)
   is a type of: subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
   subtypes:

   • basket flower, centaurea americana - annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets
   • centaurea cineraria, centaurea gymnocarpa, dusty miller - a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
   • caltrop, centauria calcitrapa, star-thistle - Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America
   • knapweed - any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers
   belongs to: centaurea, genus centaurea - knapweed; star thistle

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