noun
chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals
• Syn: ↑Gentianaceae, ↑gentian family
• Hypernyms: ↑dicot family, ↑magnoliopsid family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianales, ↑order Gentianales
• Member Meronyms:
↑Centaurium, ↑genus Centaurium, ↑Eustoma, ↑genus Eustoma, ↑Exacum, ↑genus Exacum, ↑Frasera, ↑genus Frasera, ↑Gentiana, ↑genus Gentiana, ↑gentian, ↑Gentianella, ↑genus Gentianella, ↑Gentianopsis, ↑genus Gentianopsis, ↑Halenia, ↑genus Halenia, ↑genus Sabbatia, ↑Swertia, ↑genus Swertia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.