| alpha centauri | (n) brightest star in Centaurus; second nearest star to the sun, Syn. Rigil, Rigil Kent |
| beta centauri | (n) the second brightest star in Centaurus |
| broad leaved centaury | (n) a variety of centaury with broad leaves |
| centaur | (n) (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse |
| centaurea | (n) knapweed; star thistle, Syn. genus Centaurea |
| centaurium | (n) genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers, Syn. genus Centaurium |
| centaurus | (n) a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross, Syn. Centaur |
| centaury | (n) any of various plants of the genus Centaurium |
| centaury | (n) any plant of the genus Centaurea |
| lesser centaury | (n) common European glabrous annual centaury with flowers in dense cymes, Syn. Centaurium minus |
| omega centauri | (n) a global cluster in the constellation Centaurus |
| seaside centaury | (n) a variety of centaury found at the seaside |
| slender centaury | (n) a slender variety of centaury |
| tufted centaury | (n) tufted perennial of western Europe and Azores having bright pink to white flowers, Syn. Centaurium scilloides |
| barnaby's thistle | (n) European weed having a winged stem and hairy leaves; adventive in the eastern United States, Syn. yellow star-thistle, Centaurea solstitialis |
| basket flower | (n) annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets, Syn. Centaurea americana |
| cornflower | (n) an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers, Syn. Centaurea cyanus, bluebottle, bachelor's button |
| dusty miller | (n) a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust, Syn. Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa |
| great knapweed | (n) tall European perennial having purple flower heads, Syn. greater knapweed, Centaurea scabiosa |
| lesser knapweed | (n) a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers; native to Europe but widely naturalized, Syn. Centaurea nigra, black knapweed, hardheads |
| marsh pink | (n) any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury, Syn. rose pink, bitter floom, Sabbatia Angularis, American centaury, Sabbatia stellaris |
| proxima | (n) the nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years, Syn. Proxima Centauri |
| rosita | (n) erect plant with small clusters of pink trumpet-shaped flowers of southwestern United States, Syn. Centaurium calycosum |
| star-thistle | (n) Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America, Syn. caltrop, Centauria calcitrapa |
| sweet sultan | (n) perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers, Syn. Centaurea imperialis |
| sweet sultan | (n) Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea, Syn. Centaurea moschata, Amberboa moschata |
| Bucentaur | n. [ Gr. boy^s ox + ke`ntayros centaur. ] 1. A fabulous monster, half ox, half man. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. [ It. bucentoro. ] The state barge of Venice, used by the doge in the ceremony of espousing the Adriatic. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Centaur | n. [ L. centaurus, Gr. Ke`ntayros. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Centaurea | ‖prop. n. [ NL. See Centaury. ] (Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa). [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Centaurium | prop. n. A genus of low-growing herbs mostly of the northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers.
Syn. -- genus Centaurium. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Centauromachy | n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; centaur + &unr_; battle. ] (Ancient Art) A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
| Centaurus | n. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross.
Syn. -- Centaur, The Centaur. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Centaury | n. [ L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h, fr. the Centaur Chiron. ] (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Hippocentaur | n. [ L. hippocentaurus, Gr. &unr_;; "i`ppos horse + &unr_; centaur.] (Myth.) Same as Centaur. [1913 Webster] |
