Centaurea

See also: centaurea and centáurea

Translingual

Centaurea aspera

Etymology

From Latin centaurea.

Proper noun

Centaurea f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asteraceae – thistle-like flowering plants, called knapweeds, starthistles, etc.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids II – clades; Asterales – order; Asteraceae - family; Carduoideae - subfamily; Cardueae - tribe; Centaureinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Centaurea paniculata (Jersey knapweed) - type species; for other species see Centaurea on WikispeciesWikispecies or Centaurea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Derived terms

• centaurin
• centapicrin

Descendants

• → English: centaurea

See also

• Centaurium

References

• Centaurea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Centaurea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Centaurea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Centaurea at USDA Plants database