AGUE WEED

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Meaning:

Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers

Synonyms:

ague weed; agueweed; five-flowered gentian; Gentiana quinquefolia; Gentianella quinquefolia; stiff gentian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("ague weed" is a kind of...):

gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)

Holonyms ("ague weed" is a member of...):

Gentianella; genus Gentianella (genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana)

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