The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chlora perfoliata
Yellowwort \Yel"low*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A European yellow-flowered, gentianaceous ( Chlora perfoliata). The whole plant is intensely bitter, and is sometimes used as a tonic, and also in dyeing yellow.
Chlora perfoliata
Centaury \Cen"tau*ry\ (s[e^]n"t[add]*r[y^]), n. [L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h, fr. the Centaur Chiron.] (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Eryther[ae]a Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.