gentian

/ˈdʒɛntʃən/

Other forms: gentians

Definitions of gentian

1. noun

   any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
   types:

   Gentiana acaulis, gentianella

   low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers

   Gentiana andrewsii, blind gentian, bottle gentian, closed gentian

   gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all

   Gentiana calycosa, explorer's gentian

   tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green; western North America

   Gentiana clausa, blind gentian, closed gentian

   similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers

   Gentiana lutea, great yellow gentian

   robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers

   Gentiana pneumonanthe, calathian violet, marsh gentian

   perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths

   Gentiana saponaria, soapwort gentian

   erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwort

   Gentiana villosa, striped gentian

   a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America

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

   gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers

   felwort, gentianella amarella

   gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas

   fringed gentian

   any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana

   spurred gentian

   any of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobes

   Gentiana crinita, Gentianopsis crinita

   tall widely distributed fringed gentian of eastern North America having violet-blue or white fringed flowers

   Gentiana detonsa, Gentianopsis detonsa

   medium-tall fringed gentian with pale-blue to blue-purple flowers; circumboreal in distribution

   Gentiana procera, Gentianopsid procera

   small blue-flowered fringed gentian of east central North America

   Gentiana thermalis, Gentianopsis thermalis

   small blue-flowered fringed gentian of western United States (Rocky Mountains) especially around hot springs in Yellowstone National Park

   Gentiana holopetala, Gentianopsis holopetala, tufted gentian

   small blue-flowered fringed gentian of Sierra Nevada mountains

   type of:

   flower

   a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms