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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several plants of the genus Centaurea of the composite family that have spiny yellow or purplish flower heads, especially C. solstitialis, native to Eurasia and widely naturalized in North America.

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