Gentian

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Gentiana, characteristically having showy, variously colored flowers.
  • n. The dried rhizome and roots of a yellow-flowered European gentian, G. lutea, sometimes used as a tonic.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
  • n. The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian, Gentiana lutea, used as a tonic.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of capsule.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The common name for species of the genus Gentiana.
  • n. The pineweed or orange-grass, Sarothra gentianoides.
  • n. The soapwort-gentian.
  • n. Same as. striped gentian.
  • n. The American columbo, Frasera Carolinensis.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
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