gentian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnt͡ʃən/
rhymes: -ɛnʃən
Forms: form: gentians
Etymology: Via Middle English from Latin gentiāna, which, according to Pliny the Elder, was named after Gentius (Ancient Greek Γένθιος (Génthios)), the last king of Illyria, who supposedly discovered the plant's medicinal benefits. This has been dismissed as folk etymology but the word may still ultimately be of Illyrian origin, as -an is a common suffix in Illyrian words.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1956, Delano Ames, Crime out of Mind, chapter 1:
glosses: Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
glosses: Dried roots and rhizome of European gentian (Gentiana lutea), used as a tonic.
Synonyms: fieldwort
Derived terms: taxonomic: Gentiana nivalis
word: Alpine gentian
taxonomic: Frasera spp.
word: American gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana austromontana
word: Appalachian gentian
taxonomic: Gentianella heterosepala
word: autumn gentian
alt: Gentiana acuta; Hypericum gentianoides
word: bastard gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana bavarica
word: Bavarian gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana macrophylla
word: bigleaf gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana utriculosa
word: bladder gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana andrewsii
word: blind gentian
taxonomic: Gentianopsis crinita
word: blue gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana townsoni
word: bog gentian
taxonomic: Gentianella praecox
word: Bohemian gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana spp.
word: bottle gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana plurisetosa
word: bristly gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana platypetala
word: broadpetal gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana pannonica
word: brown gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana paradoxa
word: Caucasian gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana scopulorum
word: Charleston gentian
taxonomic: Gentianella germanica
word: Chiltern gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana clausa
word: closed gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana triflora
word: clustered gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana septemfida
word: crested gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana cruciata
word: cross gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana puberulenta
word: downy gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana uliginosa
word: dune gentian
taxonomic: Gentianella spp.
word: dwarf gentian
taxonomic: Gentianella anglica
word: early gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana catesbaei
word: Elliott's gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana lutea
word: European gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana calycosa
word: explorer's gentian
taxonomic: Gentianella campestris
word: field gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana quinquefolia
word: five-flowered gentian
taxonomic: Gentianopsis spp.
word: fringed gentian
word: gentamicin
word: gentian blue
word: gentianic
word: gentianine
word: gentianose
word: gentian violet
taxonomic: Gentianella germanica
word: German gentian
taxonomic: Gentianella cerina
word: giant gentian
taxonomic: Gentianopsis crinita
word: greater fringed gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana lutea
word: great yellow gentian
taxonomic: Frasera spp.
word: green gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana saponaria
word: harvestbells gentian
taxonomic: Triosteum spp.
word: horse gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana froelichii
word: Karawanken gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana sceptrum
word: king's scepter gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana pneumonanthe
word: marsh gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana setigera
word: Mendocino gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana fremontii
word: moss gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana calycosa
word: mountain bog gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana linearis
word: narrowleaf gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana newberryi
word: Newberry's gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana wissmannii
word: New England gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana glauca
word: pale gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana parryi
word: Parry's gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana autumnalis
word: pinebarren gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana alba
word: plain gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana affinis
word: pleated gentian
taxonomic: Eustoma spp.
word: prairie gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana purpurea
word: purple gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana pedicellata
word: purple-stalked gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana prostrata
word: pygmy gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana scabra
word: rough gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana orbicularis
word: round-leaved gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana decora
word: showy gentian
taxonomic: Gentianella tenella
word: slender gentian
taxonomic: Nabalus serpentarius
alt: syn. Prenanthes serpentaria
word: snake gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana nivalis
word: snow gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana saponaria
word: soapwort gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana punctata
word: spotted gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana verna
word: spring gentian
taxonomic: Halenia spp.
word: spurred gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana cruciata
word: star gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana clusii
word: stemless gentian
taxonomic: Gentianella quinquefolia
word: stiff gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana villosa
word: striped gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana douglasiana
word: swamp gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana tianshanica
word: Tienshan gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana terglouensis
word: Triglav gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana clusii
word: trumpet gentian
taxonomic: Gentianopsis holopetala
alt: syn. Gentiana holopetala
word: tufted gentian
taxonomic: Eustoma grandiflorum
word: tulip gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana alba
word: white gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana algida
word: whitish gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana asclepiadea
word: willow gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana pennelliana
word: wiregrass gentian
taxonomic: Gentiana lutea
word: yellow gentian