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Centaurium

noun

genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers

• Syn: ↑genus Centaurium

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianaceae, ↑family Gentianaceae, ↑gentian family

• Member Meronyms: ↑centaury

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\\sen.ˈtȯrēəm\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin centaureum, centaurion centaury — more at centaury

: a genus of low-growing herbs (family Gentianaceae) distinguished by flowers with exserted spirally twisted anthers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.