HyperDic: genus_gentiana

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Gentiana:
NOUNplantgenus Gentiana, Gentianatype genus of the Gentianaceae
English > genus Gentiana: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningtype genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera ... / genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella.
SynonymGentiana
Member ofGentianaceae, family Gentianaceae, gentian familychiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers
Membersgreat yellow gentian, Gentiana luteaRobust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers
marsh gentian, calathian violet, Gentiana pneumonantheperennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishgentiana, genus gentiana
Catalangentiana, Gentiana, genus gentiana

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