American centaury
noun
: either of two pink-flowered marsh plants (Sabbatia angularis and S. stellaris) of the eastern U.S. resembling the true centaury
Word History
First Known Use
1803, in the meaning defined above
- out of someone's reach
- out of someone's way
- out of sorts
- out of square
- out of step
- out of stock
- out of style
- out of sync
- out of the blue
- out of the chute
- out of the corner of one's eye
- out of the frame
- out of the frying pan into the fire
- out of the goodness of one's heart
- out of the kindness of one's heart
- out of the loop
- out of the ordinary
- out of the park
- out of the picture
- out of the question
- out of the reach of
- out of the running
- out of the way
- out of the woods
- out of thin air