marsh gentian

noun

1

: a perennial Eurasian gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe) having linear leaves and sky-blue flowers with an obconic corolla tube and occurring chiefly in damp open heaths

2

: any of several North American gentians that occur chiefly or exclusively in wet areas

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