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Definition: Centaurea moschata

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Asian plant widely grown for its sweetly fragrant pink flowers; sometimes placed in genus Centaurea.[Wordnet].

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Extended Definition: Centaurea moschata


Centaurea moschata

Centaurea moschata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Mangoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Cynareae
Genus: Centaurea
Species: C. moschata
Binomial name
Centaurea moschata
L.

Centaurea moschata (Sweet Sultan; syn. Amberboa moschata (L.) DC., Oligochaeta moschata (L.) M.R.Almeida) is a ornamental plant of the Asteraceae family.

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