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SOAPWORT GENTIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soapwort gentian mean? 

SOAPWORT GENTIAN (noun)
  The noun SOAPWORT GENTIAN has 1 sense:

1. erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwortplay

  Familiarity information: SOAPWORT GENTIAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOAPWORT GENTIAN (noun)


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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Gentiana saponaria; soapwort gentian

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

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


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