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FIVE-FLOWERED GENTIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does five-flowered gentian mean?
• FIVE-FLOWERED GENTIAN (noun)
The noun FIVE-FLOWERED GENTIAN has 1 sense:
1. gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
Familiarity information: FIVE-FLOWERED GENTIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FIVE-FLOWERED GENTIAN (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ague weed; agueweed; five-flowered gentian; Gentiana quinquefolia; Gentianella quinquefolia; stiff gentian
Hypernyms ("five-flowered gentian" is a kind of...):
gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)
Holonyms ("five-flowered 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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