1. genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers; [syn: Centaurium, genus Centaurium]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Centaurium
n 1: genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere
having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers
[syn: Centaurium, genus Centaurium]