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GENTIANOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gentianopsis mean? 

GENTIANOPSIS (noun)
  The noun GENTIANOPSIS has 1 sense:

1. genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentianaplay

  Familiarity information: GENTIANOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENTIANOPSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Gentianopsis; genus Gentianopsis

Hypernyms ("Gentianopsis" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Gentianopsis"):

fringed gentian (any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana)

Gentiana procera; Gentianopsid procera (small blue-flowered fringed gentian of east central North America)

Holonyms ("Gentianopsis" is a member of...):

family Gentianaceae; gentian family; Gentianaceae (chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals)


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