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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Centaury \Cen"tau*ry\, n. [L. centaureum and centauria, Gr ?,
?, and ?, 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}.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
centaury
n 1: any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
2: any plant of the genus Centaurea
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