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CENTAURIA CALCITRAPA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Centauria calcitrapa mean?

• CENTAURIA CALCITRAPA (noun)
The noun CENTAURIA CALCITRAPA has 1 sense:

1. Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America

Familiarity information: CENTAURIA CALCITRAPA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CENTAURIA CALCITRAPA (noun)

Sense 1

Centauria calcitrapa ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Mediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Centauria calcitrapa; star-thistle; caltrop

Hypernyms ("Centauria calcitrapa" is a kind of...):

centaury (any plant of the genus Centaurea)

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