Definition of Centaurea americana

1. Noun. Annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets.

Exact synonyms: Basket Flower
Generic synonyms: Centaury

Lexicographical Neighbors of Centaurea Americana

Celtis
Celtis australis
Celtis laevigata
Celtis occidentalis
Celto-Germanic
Celtogermanic
Celts
Cenchrus
Cenchrus ciliaris
Cenchrus tribuloides
Cenozoic
Cenozoic era
Census Bureau
Centaur
Centaurea
Centaurea americana (current term)
Centaurea cineraria
Centaurea cyanus
Centaurea gymnocarpa
Centaurea imperialis
Centaurea moschata
Centaurea nigra
Centaurea scabiosa
Centaurea solstitialis
Centauria calcitrapa
Centaurium
Centaurium calycosum
Centaurium minus
Centaurium scilloides
Centaurs

Literary usage of Centaurea americana

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1862)
"Annuals that do well are the Sultan's, Sweet Mignonette, Sweet Alyssum, Viscaria oculata, Centaurea americana, ..."

2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1884)
"Besides the motion in Centaurea americana, observed by Miss Powel, Mr. Meehan said that he found a similar motion in the following plants growing in his ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Centaurea americana Nutt. American Star Thistle. Fig. 4662. C. americana Nutt. Journ. Phila. Acad. 2: 117. 1821. ..."

4. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"Centaurea americana. — American Centaurea. — A handsome hardy annual, discovered by Nuttall, on the alluvial soil of the Arkansas and Red rivers, ..."

5. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"... and we have seen magnificent specimens of the plant growing in the Hammersmith Nursery. 3.—Centaurea americana. THE AMERICAN CENTAURY. SYNONYMES. ..."

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