fringed gentian
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fringed gentian — ☆ fringed gentian n. any of several gentians having blue flowers with fringed petals and native to N U.S. and Canada … English World dictionary
fringed gentian — noun any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana • Hypernyms: ↑gentian • Hyponyms: ↑Gentianopsis crinita, ↑Gentiana crinita, ↑Gentianopsis detonsa, ↑Gentiana … Useful english dictionary
gentian — /jen sheuhn/, n. 1. any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe. Cf. gentian… … Universalium
Gentian — Taxobox name = Gentian image width = 250px image caption = Gentiana verna regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Gentianaceae genus = Gentiana L. subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See … Wikipedia
gentian family — noun chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals • Syn: ↑Gentianaceae, ↑family Gentianaceae • Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family • Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianales, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
gentian family — the plant family Gentianaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having simple opposite leaves, usually blue flowers with five united petals, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the closed gentian, fringed gentian, centaury, exacum, and … Universalium
Gentian — Gen tian (j[e^]n shan or j[e^]n sh[i^]*an), 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gentian — [jen′shən] adj. [ME genciane < OFr gentiane < L gentiana, of Illyrian orig.] designating a family (Gentianaceae, order Gentianales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the fringed gentians and the closed gentians n. 1. any of a large genus… … English World dictionary
tufted gentian — noun small blue flowered fringed gentian of Sierra Nevada mountains • Syn: ↑Gentianopsis holopetala, ↑Gentiana holopetala • Hypernyms: ↑fringed gentian … Useful english dictionary
blue gentian — noun 1. : any of several blue flowered gentians: as a. : fringed gentian b. : soapwort gentian c. : closed gentian … Useful english dictionary
