01 n. Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but someti…
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Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule.(Bot.) See: Capsule
Phrases & compounds
Horse gentian —
fever root.
Yellow gentian —
the officinal gentian (Gentiana lutea). See Bitterwort.