Definition of gentian Gentian
/ʤɛˈnʃʌn/ - [jenshun] - gen•tian
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NounPlural: gentians |
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| gentian - any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis | ||
| flower reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts | ||
| family gentianaceae, gentian family, gentianaceae chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals | ||
| gentiana acaulis, gentianella low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers | ||
| bottle gentian, gentiana andrewsii, blind gentian, closed gentian gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all | ||
| explorer's gentian, gentiana calycosa tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green; western North America | ||
| gentiana clausa, blind gentian, closed gentian gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all | ||
| gentiana lutea, great yellow gentian robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers | ||
| calathian violet, gentiana pneumonanthe, marsh gentian perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths | ||
| gentiana saponaria, soapwort gentian erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwort | ||
| gentiana villosa, striped gentian a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America | ||
| ague weed, five-flowered gentian, gentiana quinquefolia, gentianella quinquefolia, stiff gentian, agueweed gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers | ||
| felwort, gentianella amarella gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas | ||
| fringed gentian any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gentian (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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gentian
jen′shan, n. a plant the root of which is used in medicine, said by Pliny to have been brought into use by Gentius, king of Illyria, conquered by the Romans in 167 B.C.—ns. Gentianel′la, a name for several species of gentian, esp. Gentiana acaulis, with deep-blue flowers; Gen′tianine, a yellow crystalline bitter compound obtained from the yellow gentian
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🔤- gentian, noun, singular of gentians.
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