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2 definitions found 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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