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GENTIANA SAPONARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gentiana saponaria mean?
• GENTIANA SAPONARIA (noun)
The noun GENTIANA SAPONARIA has 1 sense:
1. erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwort
Familiarity information: GENTIANA SAPONARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("Gentiana saponaria" 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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