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Gentian

Gentian Meaning & Definition
Gentian Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gentian?

[n] any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis

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See Also | ague weed | agueweed | blind gentian | bottle gentian | calathian violet | closed gentian | explorer's gentian | family Gentianaceae | felwort | five-flowered gentian | flower | fringed gentian | gentian family | Gentiana acaulis | Gentiana andrewsii | Gentiana calycosa | Gentiana clausa | Gentiana lutea | Gentiana pneumonanthe | Gentiana quinquefolia | Gentiana saponaria | Gentiana villosa | Gentianaceae | gentianella | gentianella amarella | Gentianella quinquefolia | great yellow gentian | marsh gentian | soapwort gentian | spurred gentian | stiff gentian | striped gentian

Gentian In Webster's Dictionary

\Gen"tian\, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties.] (Bot.) 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}. Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for their beauty, as the Alpine ({Gentiana verna}, {Bavarica}, and {excisa}), and the American fringed gentians ({G. crinita} and {G. detonsa}). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of {Gentiana lutea}, the officinal gentian of the pharmacop[oe]ias. {Horse gentian}, fever root. {Yellow gentian} (Bot.), the officinal gentian ({Gentiana lutea}). See {Bitterwort}.

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