Gentian Definition

jĕnshən
gentians
noun
Any of a large genus (Gentiana) of plants of the gentian family, with blue, white, red, or yellow flowers.
Webster's New World
The bitter root of the yellow gentian (G. lutea), used as a gastrointestinal tonic.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Designating a family (Gentianaceae, order Gentianales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the fringed gentians and the closed gentians.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Gentian

Noun

Singular:
gentian
Plural:
gentians

Origin of Gentian

  • Middle English gencian from Old French genciane from Latin gentiāna perhaps after Gentius , second-century bc king of Illyria

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gentian Sentence Examples

  • One medical study, using large amounts of gentian violet in rats, found that it could cause cancer.

  • When the secretion of gastric juice is deficient it may be excited by gastric tonics, such as ten grains of bicarbonate of soda and a drachm of compound tincture of gentian in water shortly before meals, and may be supplemented by the administration of pepsin and hydrochloric acid after meals.

  • Gentian violet, a purple dye, used to be a common remedy.

  • Although cancer from gentian violet has not been observed in humans, some doctors choose not to recommend it for this reason.

  • The bitterness is imparted by such substances as bitter orange rind, gentian, rhubarb, quassia, cascarilla, angostura, quinine and cinchona.

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Words Starting With

GGEGEN

Words Ending With

NANIAN

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Words Starting With G and Ending With N

Starts With G & Ends With NStarts With GE & Ends With NStarts With G & Ends With AN

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With G7 Letter Words Ending With N