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CALATHIAN VIOLET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths
Synonyms:
calathian violet; Gentiana pneumonanthe; marsh gentian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("calathian violet" is a kind of...):
gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)
Holonyms ("calathian violet" is a member of...):
Gentiana; genus Gentiana (type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella)
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