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CENTAUREA CINERARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Centaurea cineraria mean? 

CENTAUREA CINERARIA (noun)
  The noun CENTAUREA CINERARIA has 1 sense:

1. a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dustplay

  Familiarity information: CENTAUREA CINERARIA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CENTAUREA CINERARIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Centaurea cineraria; Centaurea gymnocarpa; dusty miller

Hypernyms ("Centaurea cineraria" is a kind of...):

centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurea)


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