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    STIFF GENTIAN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    ague weed; agueweed; five-flowered gentian; Gentiana quinquefolia; Gentianella quinquefolia; stiff gentian

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("stiff gentian" is a kind of...):

    gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)

    Holonyms ("stiff gentian" is a member of...):

    Gentianella; genus Gentianella (genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana)

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