centaurea imperialis

1. 1.

   perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers

   Synonymssweet sultan

   Broaderflower

   Part ofCentaurea

Questions about centaurea imperialis

What does centaurea imperialis mean?

centaurea imperialis means "perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers".

What is another word for centaurea imperialis?

Close synonyms include sweet sultan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is centaurea imperialis a common word?

centaurea imperialis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.