gentianella

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gentianella - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gentianella \Gen`tian*el"la\, n. [See Gentian.]
     A kind of blue color. --Johnson.
     [1913 Webster]

gentianella - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gentianella
      n 1: genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some
           classifications included in genus Gentiana [syn:
           Gentianella, genus Gentianella]
      2: low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green
         leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue
         flowers [syn: gentianella, Gentiana acaulis]