Meaning of GENTIAN
| Pronunciation: | | 'jenshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis |
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| | See Also: | | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Gen"tian\, 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 tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
Illust. of {Capsule}.
Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
their beauty, as the Alpine ({Gentiana verna},
{Bavarica}, and {excisa}), and the American fringed
gentians ({G. crinita} and {G. detonsa}). Several are
used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of
{Gentiana lutea}, the officinal gentian of the
pharmacop[oe]ias.
{Horse gentian}, fever root.
{Yellow gentian} (Bot.), the officinal gentian ({Gentiana
lutea}). See {Bitterwort}.
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