[ˈsɛntɔːri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a widely distributed herbaceous plant of the gentian family, typically having pink flowers


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Origin:
Old English centaurian (accusative), from late Latin centaurea, alteration of Latin centaureum, from Greek kentaureion, from kentauros ‘centaur’ (because its medicinal properties were said to have been discovered by the centaur Chiron); subsequently reinforced by Anglo-Norman French centaurie