centaurea calcitrapa

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centaurea calcitrapa - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Centaurea \Cen`tau*re"a\, prop. n. [NL. See Centaury.] (Bot.)
     A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles
     and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus
     ) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa).
     [1913 Webster]