Centema

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κέντημα (kéntēma, “a sting, a prick”). Further from κεντέω (kentéō, “to prick, to stab”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱent- (“to sting”).

Proper noun

Centema n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Amaranthaceae – certain plants.

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