Found 2 items, similar to Centaury.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: centaury centaury n 1: any of various plants of the genus Centaurium 2: any plant of the genus Centaurea
English → English (gcide) Definition: Centaury Centaury \Cen"tau*ry\ (s[e^]n"t[add]*r[y^]), n. [L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h, fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Eryther[ae]a Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea. [1913 Webster]