GENTIANA QUINQUEFOLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gentiana quinquefolia mean? 

• GENTIANA QUINQUEFOLIA (noun)
  The noun GENTIANA QUINQUEFOLIA has 1 sense:

1. gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENTIANA QUINQUEFOLIA (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 ("Gentiana quinquefolia" is a kind of...):

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

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

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