n. [ L. centaurus, Gr. Ke`ntayros. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. See Centaury. ] (Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa). [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of low-growing herbs mostly of the northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers.
Syn. -- genus Centaurium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; centaur + &unr_; battle. ] (Ancient Art) A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross.
Syn. -- Centaur, The Centaur. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h, fr. the Centaur Chiron. ] (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea. [ 1913 Webster ]