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GENUS GENTIANA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella
Synonyms:
Gentiana; genus Gentiana
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Gentiana" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gentiana"):
Gentiana lutea; great yellow gentian (robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers)
calathian violet; Gentiana pneumonanthe; marsh gentian (perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths)
Holonyms ("genus Gentiana" is a member of...):
family Gentianaceae; gentian family; Gentianaceae (chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals)
