Gentiana
noun
Gen·ti·ana
ˌjenchēˈanə,
-ˈänə,
-ˈānə
: the type genus of Gentianaceae comprising numerous annual, biennial, or perennial herbs which have smooth opposite leaves and showy solitary or cymose flowers with 4-lobed or 5-lobed corolla and some of which contain a bitter glycoside often used as a tonic see gentian
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