Definition of Closed gentian

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

Exact synonyms: Blind Gentian, Gentiana Clausa
Generic synonyms: Gentian

2. Noun. Gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all.
Exact synonyms: Blind Gentian, Bottle Gentian, Gentiana Andrewsii
Generic synonyms: Gentian

Lexicographical Neighbors of Closed Gentian

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closed comedo
closed compound
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closed couplet
closed curve
closed cut valley
closed dislocation
closed door
closed drainage
closed form
closed fracture
closed game
closed games
closed gentian (current term)
closed head injury
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Literary usage of Closed gentian

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

1. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"Few flowers adapt themselves better to the season than the closed gentian. We look for it in September when the early waning days and frost-suggestive ..."

2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The soapwort gentian is a form with the flowers of the closed gentian and opening ... The leaves are opposite, but in the closed gentian they are in whorls ..."

3. School Education (1907)
"The closed gentian also has a smooth, erect stem about two feet high. ... The five-flowered gentian is rarer than the closed gentian, and its flowers are ..."

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