swertia

English Thesaurus

1. genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus,
definition	:	genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	marsh felwort, swertia perennia,
definition	:	perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowers (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	family gentianaceae, gentian family, gentianaceae,
definition	:	chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals (noun.plant)