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gentian

adjective

designating a family (Gentianaceae, order Gentianales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the fringed gentians and the closed gentians

noun

  1. any of a large genus (Gentiana) of plants of the gentian family, with blue, white, red, or yellow flowers
  2. the bitter root of the (G. lutea), used as a gastrointestinal tonic

See gentian in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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