Gentian
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛnt͡ʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gentian is a noun meaning (countable) Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
Meaning
(countable) Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) Dried roots and rhizome of European gentian (Gentiana lutea), used as a tonic.
Example Sentences
Searching again, he noticed something that had eluded him before: a single flower, a gentian, blooming not fifty feet in front of them, where, by all rights, there ought to be solid rock. How does it get enough light to live?
On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. […] She has bright flaxen hair and laughing eyes of the same hue as the gentians in the meadow beyond the inn.
Word Forms
- gentians
Synonyms for gentian
Depending on context, synonyms include fieldwort.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include violet, fringed, gentianella, gentiocyanin, fieldwort, bitterroot.
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