Gentian

Definition of Gentian

Gen´tian Pronunciation: jĕn´shan or jĕn´shĭ`an

n.

1.

(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.

Horse gentian
fever root.

Yellow gentian
(Bot.) the officinal gentian (Gentiana lutea). See Bitterwort.

Related Words

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

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