centaury

/sen-taw-ree/US // ˈsɛn tɔ ri //UK // (ˈsɛntɔːrɪ) //

半世纪,半月形,半人马座,半月板

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural cen·tau·ries.
- : any of various plants belonging to the genus Centaurium, of the gentian family, having clusters of small pink or red flowers.
- : any of several other plants of the genera Centaurea and Sabatia.

Lotions of the smaller centaury or of stavesacre, and pomatum mixed with mercurial ointment, are very efficacious.
Infusum centauri, L. From the flowering tops of common or lesser centaury (Erytha centaurium).
They are the yellow-flowered centaury, the mountain centaury, the star thistle and the rough centaury: the first predominates.
Mr. Farn recorded six or seven from Ryde in July, 1870; they were feeding on vine and centaury in a garden.
Centaury, common in our fields, enjoyed a very early reputation.