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"Centaury" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... stone in the whole country: almost all the plants are twisted and thorny. The Monbins are the only species of timber that are met with. The thorny asparagus, A. retrofractus, is found in abundance in the woods; it tears the clothes, and the centaury of Egypt pricks the legs. The most troublesome insects of the neighbourhood are gnats, bugs, and ear-wigs. The monkey, called cynocephalus, plunders the harvests, the vultures attack the sick animals, the striped hyoena and the leopard prowl about the villages ...
— Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 • J. B. Henry Savigny and Alexander Correard |
Words linked to "Centaury" : genus Centaurea, slender centaury, genus Centaurium, Centaurium minus, Centaurium calycosum, star-thistle, caltrop, broad leaved centaury, Centaurea cineraria, flower, lesser centaury, Centaurea americana, Centauria calcitrapa, Centaurium, subshrub, knapweed, basket flower, rosita, seaside centaury, Centaurea, Centaurea gymnocarpa, tufted centaury, American centaury, dusty miller, Centaurium scilloides |
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