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STIFF GENTIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
Synonyms:
ague weed; agueweed; five-flowered gentian; Gentiana quinquefolia; Gentianella quinquefolia; stiff gentian
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stiff gentian" is a kind of...):
gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)
Holonyms ("stiff gentian" is a member of...):
Gentianella; genus Gentianella (genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana)