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FRINGED GENTIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fringed gentian" is a kind of...):
gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fringed gentian"):
Gentiana crinita; Gentianopsis crinita (tall widely distributed fringed gentian of eastern North America having violet-blue or white fringed flowers)
Gentiana detonsa; Gentianopsis detonsa (medium-tall fringed gentian with pale-blue to blue-purple flowers; circumboreal in distribution)
Gentiana procera; Gentianopsid procera (small blue-flowered fringed gentian of east central North America)
Gentiana thermalis; Gentianopsis thermalis (small blue-flowered fringed gentian of western United States (Rocky Mountains) especially around hot springs in Yellowstone National Park)
Gentiana holopetala; Gentianopsis holopetala; tufted gentian (small blue-flowered fringed gentian of Sierra Nevada mountains)
Holonyms ("fringed gentian" is a member of...):
Gentianopsis; genus Gentianopsis (genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana)
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