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gentians

gentians is the plural of gentian.

Meaning of gentian

Noun

gentian (countable and uncountable, plural gentians)

  1. (countable) Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
    • On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. […] She has bright flaxen hair and laughing eyes of the same hue as the gentians in the meadow beyond the inn.1956, Delano Ames, Crime out of Mind, chapter 1
  2. (uncountable) Dried roots and rhizome of European gentian (Gentiana lutea), used as a tonic.

Phrases with gentians

Questions about gentians

What is gentians the plural of?
Gentians is the plural of gentian.

Words near gentians in the dictionary

  1. gentianine
  2. gentianophilic
  3. gentianophilous
  4. gentianophobic
  5. gentianose
  6. gentians
  7. gentianwort
  8. gentibioside
  9. gentic
  10. genticide
  11. genticides

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