CENTAUREA MOSCHATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Centaurea moschata mean? 

• CENTAUREA MOSCHATA (noun)
  The noun CENTAUREA MOSCHATA has 1 sense:

1. Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea

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

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• CENTAUREA MOSCHATA (noun)

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Meaning:

Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Amberboa moschata; Centaurea moschata; sweet sultan

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

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("Centaurea moschata" is a member of...):

Amberboa; genus Amberboa (herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers)