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单词 centaurea
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centaurea

/sɛnˈtɔːrɪə / /ˌsɛntəˈriːə/
noun
A plant of a Eurasian genus which includes the cornflower and knapweed.
  • Genus Centaurea, family Compositae.
A new strain of Marguerite centaureas has a better form and more substance to the blossoms....
  • The tender centaureas are valued for summer bedding on account of their pure silvery or bluish tinted white foliage.
  • If you are sowing in spring, it's a good idea to make more than one sowing of the annuals because centaureas are not long-blooming plants.

Origin

Modern Latin based on Greek kentauros ‘centaur’ (see centaury).

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