English > Gentianaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals. |
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Synonyms | family Gentianaceae, gentian family |
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Member of | Gentianales, order Gentianales | An order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers |
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Members | Centaurium, genus Centaurium | genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers |
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Eustoma, genus Eustoma | small genus of herbs of warm regions / regions of southern North America to northern South America |
Exacum, genus Exacum | genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants |
Frasera, genus Frasera | genus of North American herbs |
Gentiana, genus Gentiana | type genus of the Gentianaceae |
Gentianella, genus Gentianella | genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian |
Gentianopsis, genus Gentianopsis | genus of fringed gentians |
Halenia, genus Halenia | genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas |
Swertia, genus Swertia | genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa |
gentian | Any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera ... / genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis |
genus Sabbatia | genus of smooth slender North American herbs with showy flowers |
Broader | dicot family, magnoliopsid family | family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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Catalan | Gentianaceae |
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