gentiana lutea

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gentiana lutea - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
     usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See
     Illust. of Capsule.
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     Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of
           Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for
           their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna,
           Gentiana Bavarica, and Gentiana excisa), and the
           American fringed gentians (Gentiana crinita and
           Gentiana detonsa). Several are used as tonics,
           especially the bitter roots of Gentiana lutea, the
           officinal gentian of the pharmacopoeias.
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     Horse gentian, fever root.
  
     Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana  lutea
        ). See Bitterwort.
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  Bitterwort \Bit"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very
     bitter taste.
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gentiana lutea - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gentiana lutea
      n 1: robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers
           [syn: great yellow gentian, Gentiana lutea]