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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 Gentianellaplay

    Synonyms:

    Gentiana; genus Gentiana

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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