- gentians
- gen·ti·an || 'dʒenʃɪən n. type of plant
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Gentian — Taxobox name = Gentian image width = 250px image caption = Gentiana verna regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Gentianaceae genus = Gentiana L. subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See … Wikipedia
Gentianales — ▪ plant order Introduction gentian order of flowering plants, consisting of 5 families with more than 1,100 genera and nearly 17,000 species. The families are Gentianaceae, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae (including Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae),… … Universalium
Macrocarpaea — Taxobox name = Macrocarpaea image width = 240px image caption = A single M. apparata flower regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Gentianaceae tribus = Helieae genus = Macrocarpaea genus… … Wikipedia
House of Suns — infobox Book | name = House of Suns title orig = translator = image caption = author = Alastair Reynolds cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Science fiction novel publisher = Gollancz release date = 17… … Wikipedia
Gentianopsis — Taxobox name = Gentianopsis image width = 200px image caption = Gentianopsis ciliata regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Gentianales familia = Gentianaceae genus = Gentianopsis genus authority = Ma subdivision… … Wikipedia
gentian family — the plant family Gentianaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having simple opposite leaves, usually blue flowers with five united petals, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the closed gentian, fringed gentian, centaury, exacum, and … Universalium
Gentianaceae — ▪ plant family the gentian family of the flowering plant order Gentianales, containing 87 genera and nearly 1,700 species of annual and perennial herbs and, rarely, shrubs, native primarily to northern temperate areas of the world. Members… … Universalium
gentian — [jen′shən] adj. [ME genciane < OFr gentiane < L gentiana, of Illyrian orig.] designating a family (Gentianaceae, order Gentianales) of dicotyledonous plants, including the fringed gentians and the closed gentians n. 1. any of a large genus… … English World dictionary
Gentian — Gen tian (j[e^]n shan or j[e^]n sh[i^]*an), n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties.] (Bot.) Any one of a genus ({Gentiana}) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Gentiana Bavarica — Gentian Gen tian (j[e^]n shan or j[e^]n sh[i^]*an), n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties.] (Bot.) Any one of a genus ({Gentiana}) of herbaceous plants with opposite… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
