meaning of gentian
1. 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.
2. any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
Related Words
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