English > Gentiana: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera ... / genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella. |
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Synonym | genus Gentiana |
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Member of | Gentianaceae, family Gentianaceae, gentian family | chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers |
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Members | great yellow gentian, Gentiana lutea | Robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers |
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marsh gentian, calathian violet, Gentiana pneumonanthe | perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths |
Broader | dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus | genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Spanish | gentiana, genus gentiana |
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Catalan | gentiana, Gentiana, genus gentiana |
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