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Definition of American gentian
1. Noun. Any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Frasera, Genus Frasera
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Gentian
Literary usage of American gentian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes on Pharmacognosy by Otto Augustus Wall (1902)
"Frasera, American Colombo, American gentian.— o. The root of Frasera Waltert;
... American gentian ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1882)
"... crystalline, very light powder, with the statement that it was from American
gentian, and was called by Mr. Kennedy gentisic acid, but he, Mr. Lloyd, ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"American gentian; blue gentian; soapwort-gentian. Native, perennial herb, 1 to
2j feet high; in wet soil, Ontario to Minnesota, south to Louisiana and ..."
4. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"(This and other species are used under various names such as American gentian,
Blue or Southern Gentian, Sampson Snakeroot for the same uses as the European ..."
5. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"When the Gram stain is used as a criterion, some of the American gentian-violets
and crystal-violets arc as good, and some of them better than the ..."
6. The American practice condensed, or, The family physician by Wooster Beach (1851)
"American gentian.—A good tonic. BLUE VIOLET.—( Viola Odorata.)—Demulcent, tonic,
and laxative : recommended in tea-spoonful doses, for the piles. ..."
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