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a. Either of two European plants of the gentian family ( Gentianaceae), Centaurium erythraea (more fully common centaury, †less centaury, †lesser centaury, †small centaury, †smaller centaury), and yellow-wort, Blackstonia perfoliata (in full yellow centaury, †more centaury, †great centaury, †greater centaury). Centaurium erythraea (formerly Gentiana Centaurium, Erythraea centaurium) is a biennial (rarely annual) herbaceous plant having pink flowers with five lobes. Blackstonia perfoliata (formerly Chlora perfoliata) is a somewhat taller annual herbaceous plant having yellow flowers with four to eight lobes. Both, like many gentians, are extremely bitter in taste, and were formerly often used in tonics and febrifuges.The name yellow centaury is now more commonly used for another plant of the gentian family, Cicendia filiformis.

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centauryeOE

earth-galleOE

feverfewOE

Christ's ladderc1300

feltrikec1440

horse-galla1500

gall of the earth1567

gall-wort1577

marsh centaury1670

yellow-wort1783

eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. viii. 186 Nim centaurian, þæt is felterre, sume hatað hyrdewyrt, sume eorðgeallan.

OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxxv. 80 Ðeos sylfe wyrt centauria ys swyþe scearpnumul niwe wunda & wide to gehælenne.

c1300 in D. A. Trotter Multilingualism in Later Medieval Brit. (2000) 143 Recipe fenyl-rote, persil-rote, violette, dayse, weybrede, hertistunge, musere, liverwrt, centorie, linary, [etc.].

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxiii. 964 He is nouȝt so bitter of complexioun þough he be condempned [prob. read demed] of wise men in olde tyme in floures, leues, and many oþere parties nouȝt lasse worþ in medicine þan þe lasse centaurea.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 239 (MED) Medicyns laxatiuis, summe ben..centaurea, agaricus, & infusioun of aloes.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 143 Take youre laxatyues Of Lauriol Centaur [c1415 Corpus Oxf. Centure, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 sentaurye] and Fumetere.

?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 11^v (MED) Centory is ij maner, the more and þe lasse; and for the more is not well knowen we takyn þe lasse, whiche is drye.

1526 Grete Herball xci. sig. F.ii/2 Centaurea is centory... The grete centory is of moost myght.

?1540 Knowl., Properties, & Vertues Herbes (new ed.) sig. Cii^v Centauria maior..the more centory or earth gell.

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 138/1 Boyle Sentorye in wine, & drinck therof warme.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxv. vi. 221 This is that Centaurie, which we here in Italie call Fel Terræ..by reason of the exceeding bitternesse which it hath.

1664 Meth. Chem. Philos. & Physick iii. xxiv. 208 These [sc. vulnerary simples] are the simples hyrundinaria, centaurea, and pyrola, boil them together with wine in a vessel well stopt untill the Consumption, afterward in a vessel full of water.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 97/2 Yellow Centory hath the leaves seven or eight on a side.

1769 J. Wallis Nat. Hist. Northumberland I. 217 Yellow Centaury is frequent in the dry hilly pastures about a quarter of a mile west from Honeyclugh-crag.

1772 tr. P.-J. Buc'hoz Toilet of Flora cliv. 141 A Liniment to destroy Nits. Take Oil of Bays, Oil of Sweet Almonds, and old Hogs Lard..the smaller Centaury and Salt of Sulphur.

1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 114 Centaury, lesser centaury or gentian, is an extream bitter plant.

1828 R. Thomas Mod. Pract. Physic (ed. 8) 219 Some years ago, the Portland powder, (a compound of bitter ingredients, viz. equal parts of the roots of round birthwort and gentian,..and of the tops of the lesser centaury, all dried,) was much used by gouty people.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 8 Common Centaury..a pretty and frequent plant on heaths.

1903 Garden 17 Oct. 267/1 Yellow Centaury (Chlora perfoliata).—This plant is a familiar one in chalk countries, easily known by its eight yellow petals and perfoliate, or rather connate, leaves.

1924 W. H. Fitch et al. Illustr. Brit. Flora (ed. 5) 169 Erythræa Centaurium Pers. Common centaury; p[in]k.

1999 National Trust Mag. Autumn 33 There is the vivid lilac of the greater scabious, the rosy blush of the centaury and the deep yellow of the St John's wort in flower.

单词	less centaury
释义	> as lemmas less centaury a. Either of two European plants of the gentian family ( Gentianaceae), Centaurium erythraea (more fully common centaury, †less centaury, †lesser centaury, †small centaury, †smaller centaury), and yellow-wort, Blackstonia perfoliata (in full yellow centaury, †more centaury, †great centaury, †greater centaury). Centaurium erythraea (formerly Gentiana Centaurium, Erythraea centaurium) is a biennial (rarely annual) herbaceous plant having pink flowers with five lobes. Blackstonia perfoliata (formerly Chlora perfoliata) is a somewhat taller annual herbaceous plant having yellow flowers with four to eight lobes. Both, like many gentians, are extremely bitter in taste, and were formerly often used in tonics and febrifuges.The name yellow centaury is now more commonly used for another plant of the gentian family, Cicendia filiformis. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > centaury centauryeOE earth-galleOE feverfewOE Christ's ladderc1300 feltrikec1440 horse-galla1500 gall of the earth1567 gall-wort1577 marsh centaury1670 yellow-wort1783 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) ii. viii. 186 Nim centaurian, þæt is felterre, sume hatað hyrdewyrt, sume eorðgeallan. OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) xxxv. 80 Ðeos sylfe wyrt centauria ys swyþe scearpnumul niwe wunda & wide to gehælenne. c1300 in D. A. Trotter Multilingualism in Later Medieval Brit. (2000) 143 Recipe fenyl-rote, persil-rote, violette, dayse, weybrede, hertistunge, musere, liverwrt, centorie, linary, [etc.]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvii. lxxiii. 964 He is nouȝt so bitter of complexioun þough he be condempned [prob. read demed] of wise men in olde tyme in floures, leues, and many oþere parties nouȝt lasse worþ in medicine þan þe lasse centaurea. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 239 (MED) Medicyns laxatiuis, summe ben..centaurea, agaricus, & infusioun of aloes. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Nun's Priest's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 143 Take youre laxatyues Of Lauriol Centaur [c1415 Corpus Oxf. Centure, c1430 Cambr. Gg.4.27 sentaurye] and Fumetere. ?a1425 (?1373) Lelamour Herbal (1938) f. 11^v (MED) Centory is ij maner, the more and þe lasse; and for the more is not well knowen we takyn þe lasse, whiche is drye. 1526 Grete Herball xci. sig. F.ii/2 Centaurea is centory... The grete centory is of moost myght. ?1540 Knowl., Properties, & Vertues Herbes (new ed.) sig. Cii^v Centauria maior..the more centory or earth gell. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 138/1 Boyle Sentorye in wine, & drinck therof warme. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xxv. vi. 221 This is that Centaurie, which we here in Italie call Fel Terræ..by reason of the exceeding bitternesse which it hath. 1664 Meth. Chem. Philos. & Physick iii. xxiv. 208 These [sc. vulnerary simples] are the simples hyrundinaria, centaurea, and pyrola, boil them together with wine in a vessel well stopt untill the Consumption, afterward in a vessel full of water. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 97/2 Yellow Centory hath the leaves seven or eight on a side. 1769 J. Wallis Nat. Hist. Northumberland I. 217 Yellow Centaury is frequent in the dry hilly pastures about a quarter of a mile west from Honeyclugh-crag. 1772 tr. P.-J. Buc'hoz Toilet of Flora cliv. 141 A Liniment to destroy Nits. Take Oil of Bays, Oil of Sweet Almonds, and old Hogs Lard..the smaller Centaury and Salt of Sulphur. 1784 J. Twamley Dairying Exemplified 114 Centaury, lesser centaury or gentian, is an extream bitter plant. 1828 R. Thomas Mod. Pract. Physic (ed. 8) 219 Some years ago, the Portland powder, (a compound of bitter ingredients, viz. equal parts of the roots of round birthwort and gentian,..and of the tops of the lesser centaury, all dried,) was much used by gouty people. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 8 Common Centaury..a pretty and frequent plant on heaths. 1903 Garden 17 Oct. 267/1 Yellow Centaury (Chlora perfoliata).—This plant is a familiar one in chalk countries, easily known by its eight yellow petals and perfoliate, or rather connate, leaves. 1924 W. H. Fitch et al. Illustr. Brit. Flora (ed. 5) 169 Erythræa Centaurium Pers. Common centaury; p[in]k. 1999 National Trust Mag. Autumn 33 There is the vivid lilac of the greater scabious, the rosy blush of the centaury and the deep yellow of the St John's wort in flower. extracted from centauryn. < as lemmas
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