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Definition of Broad leaved centaury
1. Noun. A variety of centaury with broad leaves.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broad Leaved Centaury
Literary usage of Broad leaved centaury
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Systematic Arrangement of British Plants by William Withering, William Macgillivray (1837)
"364. half the length of the tube ; segment of the corolla lance-shaped. 4. E.
latifolia. Broad-leaved Centaury. Stem three-cleft at the top ; flowers in ..."
2. Rambles in search of wild flowers, and how to distinguish them by Margaret Plues (1879)
"The Broad-leaved Centaury is by some believed to be only a variety of the Dwarf
Centaury. As its name indicates, its leaves are broader, but its habit is ..."
3. Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork by J. R. Harvey, Thomas C. Power, John D. Humphreys, Cuvierian Society of Cork (1845)
"452. E. centaurium, Pers. Common Centaury. Ballyvolane, and in pastures.—common.
453. E. latifolia, Sm. Broad-leaved Centaury. Near Youghal: Miss Ball. ..."
4. English Botany, Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants by James Sowerby, John Thomas Boswell, Phebe Lankester, John William Salter (1866)
"with the true plant, although the former quotes the erroneous figure in Eng. Bot.
Sup. Broad-leaved Centaury. ..."
5. Weeds and wild flowers: their uses, legends, and literature by Caroline Catharine Wilkinson (1858)
"... in all our dry pastures or open road-side spaces; and the broad-leaved centaury (E.
latifolia), with its broadly-elliptical and ribbed leaves, ..."
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