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"Section C"

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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.


Cen`te*na"ri*an (?), a. Of or
relating to a hundred years.
-- n. A
person a hundred years old.


Cen"te*na*ry (?), a. [L.
centenarius, fr. centum a hundred.]
1. Relating to, or consisting of, a
hundred.


2. Occurring once in every hundred years;
centennial.
"Centenary solemnities."
Fuller.


Cen"te*na*ry, n.; pl.
Centenaries (&?;). 1. The
aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a
century.
"Every centenary of years."
Hakewill.


2. A commemoration or celebration of an
event which occurred a hundred years before.


Cen*ten"ni*al (?), a. [L.
centum a hundred + annus year.] 1.
Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an
event that happened a hundred years before; as, a
centennial ode.


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