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FRINGED GENTIAN

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Meaning:

Any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("fringed gentian" is a kind of...):

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fringed gentian"):

Gentiana crinita; Gentianopsis crinita (tall widely distributed fringed gentian of eastern North America having violet-blue or white fringed flowers)

Gentiana detonsa; Gentianopsis detonsa (medium-tall fringed gentian with pale-blue to blue-purple flowers; circumboreal in distribution)

Gentiana procera; Gentianopsid procera (small blue-flowered fringed gentian of east central North America)

Gentiana thermalis; Gentianopsis thermalis (small blue-flowered fringed gentian of western United States (Rocky Mountains) especially around hot springs in Yellowstone National Park)

Gentiana holopetala; Gentianopsis holopetala; tufted gentian (small blue-flowered fringed gentian of Sierra Nevada mountains)

Holonyms ("fringed gentian" is a member of...):

Gentianopsis; genus Gentianopsis (genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana)

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