- centaury - any of various plants of the genus Centaurium
--1 is a kind of flower
--1 is a member of Centaurium, genus Centaurium
--1 has particulars:rosita, Centaurium calycosum; lesser centaury, Centaurium minus; tufted centaury, Centaurium scilloides; seaside centaury; broad leaved centaury; slender centaury - centaury - any plant of the genus Centaurea
--2 is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
--2 is a member of Centaurea, genus Centaurea
--2 has particulars:basket flower, Centaurea americana; dusty miller, Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa; star-thistle, caltrop, Centauria calcitrapa; knapweed - centaury - any plant of the genus Centaurea