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1. (n.) gentian
any plant of the gentian family, esp. the genus Gentiana, having usu. blue but sometimes yellow, white, or red flowers.
2. gentian
the root of a European species of gentian, G. lutea, used as a tonic.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L gentiāna)
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1. (noun) gentian
any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
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1. (noun) Gentian
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
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