Gentian

['dʒenʃ(ə)n] or ['dʒɛnʃən]

Definition

(noun.) any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis.

Typist: Millie--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Typed by Darla

Definition

n. a plant the root of which is used in medicine said by Pliny to have been brought into use by Gentius king of Illyria conquered by the Romans in 167 B.C.—ns. Gentianel′la a name for several species of gentian esp. Gentiana acaulis with deep-blue flowers; Gen′tianine a yellow crystalline bitter compound obtained from the yellow gentian.

Typed by Ferris