a widely distributed herbaceous plant of the gentian family, typically having pink flowers 百金花属植物
Centaurium and related genera, family Gentianaceae: many species, including the common centaury (C. minus) and the cultivated ornamental C. scilloides 百金花属及相关属,龙胆科: 多种,包括普通百金花(拉丁名C. minus)及栽培来观赏的簇百金花
语源
late Middle English: from late Latin centaurea, based on Greek kentauros 'centaur' (because its medicinal properties were said to have been discovered by the centaur Chiron)