centaury noun. ['sɛntɔ:ri] LME.
[Late Latin centauria, -ea, ult. from Greek kentauros CENTAUR: the plant's medicinal properties were said to have been discovered by the centaur Chiron.]
1. A plant of the genus Centaurium, of the gentian family, usu. with pink flowers; esp. Centaurium erythraea (more fully common centaury). Also (with specifying word), any of several plants of allied genera. LME.
yellow centaury: see YELLOW adjective.

2. = CENTAUREA. Now rare or obsolete. LME.

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