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Definition of Blind gentian

1. Noun. Similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers.

2. Noun. Gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blind Gentian

blind bend blind boil blind carbon copy blind corner blind curve blind date blind dates blind drunk blind ecash blind eel

blind enema blind fistula blind flying blind foramen of frontal bone blind foramen of the tongue blind gentian (current term) blind gut blind headache blind hole blind holes

blind item blind items blind landing blind leading the blind blind loop syndrome blind man blind man's bluff blind man's buff blind map blind nailing

Literary usage of Blind gentian

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station (Fargo) (1899)
"blind gentian. Found in wet areas. AC Herb.: Devil's Lake 488, Grand Forks. POLEMONIACEAE. PHLOX FAMILY. PHLOX PII.OSA L. Hairy Phlox. ..."

2. Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden by New York Botanical Garden (1908)
"The bed allotted to the gentian family is to be found a little beyond the plumbago family; various gentians are represented, among them the blind gentian, ..."

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