CENTAUREA


Meaning of CENTAUREA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sen-ˈtȯr-ē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Medieval Latin

Date: circa 1829

: any of a large genus ( Centaurea ) of composite herbs (as bachelor's button) including several cultivated for their showy heads of tubular florets

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.