Definitions

1. noun

A plant of the genus Centaurea, especially the cornflower (Centaurea cyanus).

“The fields were full of centauries swaying gently in the breeze.”

2. noun

A small, delicate, often blue-flowered plant of the genus Centaurea.

“The child picked a handful of centauries from the garden and put them in her basket.”

3. noun

In medieval times, a knight who had been wounded in battle but had not yet died.

“The injured knight was a centaury, left to recover from his wounds.”