centaury in English
noun
1
a widely distributed herbaceous plant of the gentian family, typically having pink petals atop long calyx tubes.
Centaury varies a great deal according to) its situation, and some botanists enumerate several distinct species.
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1. 24 Among the plants are meadow clary, silver centaury and early gentian.
2. The Arched floor lamp is designed with smooth curves and mid-centaury modern style
3. Buckbean tea, taken alone or mixed with wormwood, centaury or sage, is said to cure dyspepsia and a torpid liver
4. ‘Towards the sea, a second, lower plateau has more sandy soils, supporting a taller scrub composed of rather calcifuge species such as gum and sage-leaved cistuses and green heather, with open ground hosting the diminutive Allseed and yellow centaury.’