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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Valerianaceae.
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Examples
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Sometimes the fusion affects flowers belonging to different branches of the same inflorescence, as in _Centranthus ruber_, described by
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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_Centranthus macrosiphon_ yielding as much as 55\% of syncotylous children [425] and thereby evidently betraying the nature of a rich or double race.
Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891
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If you live in the southern half of Britain and cannot find a wall with Centranthus after a half-hour walk around your neighbourhood, then you aren't really trying.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Among these escaped aliens, top of the list is surely Centranthus ruber, red valerian, a plant that in my experience is now everywhere.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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