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Gentiana

noun

type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella

• Syn: ↑genus Gentiana

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Gentianaceae, ↑family Gentianaceae, ↑gentian family

• Member Meronyms: ↑great yellow gentian, ↑Gentiana lutea, ↑marsh gentian, ↑calathian violet, ↑Gentiana pneumonanthe

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\\ˌjenchēˈanə, -ˈänə, -ˈānə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, gentian

: the type genus of Gentianaceae comprising numerous annual, biennial, or perennial herbs which have smooth opposite leaves and showy solitary or cymose flowers with 4-lobed or 5-lobed corolla and some of which contain a bitter glycoside often used as a tonic — see gentian

Useful english dictionary. 2012.