Centaury

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

centaury
    n 1: any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
    2: any plant of the genus Centaurea

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Centaury \Cen"tau*ry\ (s[e^]n"t[add]*r[y^]), n. [L. centaureum
   and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h,
   fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.)
   A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is
   usually given to the {Eryther[ae]a Centaurium} and the
   {Chlora perfoliata} of Europe, but is also extended to the
   whole genus {Sabbatia}, and even to the unrelated
   {Centaurea}.
   [1913 Webster]