centaury

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English - Turkish
{i} kantaron [(Botanik) ]
kantaron
peygamber çiçeği
kantaryon
(isim) kantaron [bot.]
English - English
{n} a plant of several kinds
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
A gentianaceous plant not fully identified
any plant of the genus Centaurea any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
broad leaved centaury
a variety of centaury with broad leaves
lesser centaury
common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes
seaside centaury
a variety of centaury found at the seaside
slender centaury
a slender variety of centaury
tufted centaury
tufted perennial of western Europe and Azores having bright pink to white flowers
centaury

    Hyphenation

    cen·tau·ry

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    [ 'sen-"tor-E ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English centaure, from Middle French centaurée, from Medieval Latin centaurea, from Latin centaureum, from Greek kentaureion, from Kentauros.
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