gentiana

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gentiana - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gentiana \Gentiana\ prop. n.
     The type genus of the Gentianaceae; it is a genus of herbs
     nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some
     classifications it includes the genera Gentianopsis and
     Gentianella.
  
     Syn: genus Gentiana.
          [WordNet 1.5]

gentiana - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gentiana
      n 1: type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs
           nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some
           classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and
           Gentianella [syn: Gentiana, genus Gentiana]