centaurea : Idioms & Phrases


centaurea americana

  • noun annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets
    basket flower.
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centaurea cineraria

  • noun a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
    dusty miller; Centaurea cineraria.
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centaurea cyanus

  • noun an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers
    cornflower; bachelor's button; bluebottle.
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centaurea gymnocarpa

  • noun a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
    dusty miller; Centaurea cineraria.
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centaurea imperialis

  • noun perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers
    sweet sultan.
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centaurea moschata

  • noun Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea
    sweet sultan; Amberboa moschata.
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centaurea nigra

  • noun a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized
    hardheads; lesser knapweed; black knapweed.
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centaurea scabiosa

  • noun tall European perennial having purple flower heads
    great knapweed; greater knapweed.
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centaurea solstitialis

  • noun European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States
    Barnaby's thistle; yellow star-thistle.
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genus centaurea

  • noun knapweed; star thistle
    Centaurea.
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