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| cen·tau·ry [ sén tàwree ] (plural cen·tau·ries) |
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medicinal herb: a plant of the gentian family. Flowers: pink or purple. Use: in herbal medicine. Latin name Centaurium erythaea.
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| [14th century. < late Latin centaurea< Latin centaurus (see centaur); because supposedly discovered by the centaur Chiron] |
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