"Centaury" is a word in ENGLISH
A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is
usually given to the Erytheraea Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of
Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to
the unrelated Centaurea.
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Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Gentianaceae) of which the gentian is the type.
Read the complete definitionA European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous (Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and …
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