Centaurea
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- noun
- /ˌsɛntɔˈriə/
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- For a stunning wildflower garden, consider planting centaurea along with other native species.
- Centaurea solstitialis
Examples
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But the scientists—Bill Bruckart, Dale Woods, and Mike Pitcairn—don't want the thistle, Centaurea solstitialis, to flourish.
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The garden was filled with bright flowers, including centaurea, which added a lovely splash of color.
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Every summer, I look forward to seeing the blue blooms of centaurea in my backyard.
Compounds
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A spiny yellow weed from Europe with sharp flower heads that spreads and harms native plants
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A plant with bright blue, pink, purple, or white flowers often grown in gardens and known as cornflower
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A garden plant often called sweet sultan with sweet-smelling pink flowers
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A plant that lives one year with purple flower heads and basket-like leaves below them
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A plant that lives for many years with gray leaves and stems covered in fine hairs from Mediterranean islands
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A plant that lives for many years and has rose-pink flowers that smell nice
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A wild plant with thin stiff stems and purple flower heads that grows in meadows and often spreads into fields
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A tall plant from Europe with purple flower heads that lives for several years
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Centaurea comes from the Greek word kentauros which means 'centaur', the half-man, half-horse creature. One old story says the centaur Chiron used these plants as medicine, so the name Centaurea was given to this group of daisy-like flowering plants and can help you remember them.