Usually means: Herb used in traditional medicine.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions History
We found 24 dictionaries that define the word centaury:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. centaury: Merriam-Webster
  2. centaury: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. centaury: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. centaury: Collins English Dictionary
  5. centaury: Vocabulary.com
  6. Centaury, centaury: Wordnik
  7. centaury: Wiktionary
  8. centaury: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. centaury: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Centaury, centaury: Dictionary.com
  11. centaury: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Centaury: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. centaury: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. centaury: FreeDictionary.org
  15. centaury: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. centaury: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Centaury: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. Centaury: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. centaury: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. centaury: Rhymezone

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. centaury: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)
  2. Garden Flower, Shrub and Tree Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See centauries as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (centaury)

noun:  Any of the flowering plants in or formerly in the genus Centaurium.
noun:  Centaurium, sensu stricto
noun:  Gyrandra, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
noun:  Schenkia, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
noun:  Zeltnera, a New World genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
noun:  Any of diverse other plants:
noun:  Centaurea, a genus in the Asteraceae containing species sometimes called centaury
noun:  Cheirolophus crassifolius, a species in the Asteraceae commonly known as Maltese centaury
noun:  Sabatia, a New World genus in the Gentianaceae containing species sometimes called centaury

Similar:

Phrases:

Adjectives:
Word origin

Words similar to centaury

Usage examples for centaury

Idioms related to centaury

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing centaury

Words that often appear near centaury

Rhymes of centaury

Invented words related to centaury

Similar:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux