centaurea : Idioms & Phrases
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centaurea americana
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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
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noun a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
dusty miller; Centaurea cineraria.
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centaurea cyanus
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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
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noun a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust
dusty miller; Centaurea cineraria.
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centaurea imperialis
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noun perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers
sweet sultan.
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centaurea moschata
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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
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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
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noun tall European perennial having purple flower heads
great knapweed; greater knapweed.
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centaurea solstitialis
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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
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noun knapweed; star thistle
Centaurea.