centaury

Meaning

Noun

• Any of the flowering plants in or formerly in the genus Centaurium.
• Any of diverse other plants:

Origin

• From Middle English centaure, from Old English centaurie, from Medieval Latin centaurēa, centauria, from Latin centaurēum, centaurion, from Ancient Greek κενταύρειον, from κένταυρος (due to the mythological discovery of its medicinal properties by Chiron the Centaur).