gentian
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1. any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | flower, |
| definition | : | a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gentiana acaulis, gentianella, |
| definition | : | low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blind gentian, bottle gentian, closed gentian, gentiana andrewsii, |
| definition | : | gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | explorer's gentian, gentiana calycosa, |
| definition | : | tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green; western North America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | blind gentian, closed gentian, gentiana clausa, |
| definition | : | similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gentiana lutea, great yellow gentian, |
| definition | : | robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | calathian violet, gentiana pneumonanthe, marsh gentian, |
| definition | : | perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gentiana saponaria, soapwort gentian, |
| definition | : | erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwort (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gentiana villosa, striped gentian, |
| definition | : | a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ague weed, agueweed, five-flowered gentian, gentiana quinquefolia, gentianella quinquefolia, stiff gentian, |
| definition | : | gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | felwort, gentianella amarella, |
| definition | : | gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | fringed gentian, |
| definition | : | any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | spurred gentian, |
| definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobes (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | family gentianaceae, gentian family, gentianaceae, |
| definition | : | chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals (noun.plant) |
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