genus centaurium

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   genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers

   SynonymsCentaurium

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofGentianaceae

Questions about genus centaurium

What does genus centaurium mean?

genus centaurium means "genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers".

What is another word for genus centaurium?

Close synonyms include Centaurium. 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 genus centaurium a common word?

genus centaurium 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.