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Definition of Gentianella
1. Noun. Genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Gentianaceae, Gentian Family, Gentianaceae
Member holonyms: Ague Weed, Agueweed, Five-flowered Gentian, Gentiana Quinquefolia, Gentianella Quinquefolia, Stiff Gentian, Felwort, Gentianella Amarella
2. Noun. Low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers.
Definition of Gentianella
1. n. A kind of blue color.
Definition of Gentianella
1. Noun. (botany) Any of the genus ''Gentianella'' of dwarf gentians. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gentianella
Literary usage of Gentianella
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of a Few Months Residence in Portugal and Glimpses of the South of Spain by Dorothy (Wordsworth) Quillinan (1847)
"The orcus, wild rose, gentianella, and another tall flower of the same rich shade
of blue. MALAGA, MONDAY, MAT HTH. Steamer arrived, and to sail for Almeria ..."
2. Journal of a Few Months' Residence in Portugal and Glimpses of the South of by Dorothy Wordsworth Quillinan, Edmund Lee (1895)
"The orcus, wild rose, gentianella, and another tall flower of the same rich shade
of blue. Malaga : Monday, May 11. Steamer arrived, and to sail for Almeria ..."
3. A Botanical Materia Medica by Jonathan Stokes (1812)
"the uppermost, ft gentianella alpina venia minor. Hist. ox. iii. s. 12. t. 5. f.
... gentianella minor venia. Clus. hht. i. 315, cop. in Park, theatr. ..."
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