gentian
gen·tian / ˈjenchən/ • n. a plant (genera Gentiana and Gentianella, family Gentianaceae) of temperate and mountainous regions, typically with violet or vivid blue trumpet-shaped flowers, including the four-petaled fringed gentian (Gentiana crinita) of North America.
gentian
gentian XIV. — L. gentiāna, so called, acc. to Pliny, after Gentius, a king of Illyria; see -IAN.
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