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GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gentiana pneumonanthe mean? 

GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE (noun)
  The noun GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE has 1 sense:

1. perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heathsplay

  Familiarity information: GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENTIANA PNEUMONANTHE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

calathian violet; Gentiana pneumonanthe; marsh gentian

Hypernyms ("Gentiana pneumonanthe" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Gentiana pneumonanthe" is a member of...):

Gentiana; genus Gentiana (type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella)


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