genus centaurium

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1. genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	centaury,
definition	:	any of various plants of the genus Centaurium (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family gentianaceae, gentian family, gentianaceae,
definition	:	chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals (noun.plant)