Definition of Swertia perennia

1. Noun. Perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowers.

Exact synonyms: Marsh Felwort
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Swertia, Swertia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swertia Perennia

Swedish iron
Swedish krona
Swedish meatball
Swedish mile
Swedish monetary unit
Swedish rye
Swedish rye bread
Swedishness
Swedophone
Sweeney Todd
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Swan of Avon
Sweet William
Swertia
Swertia perennia (current term)
Swertia speciosa
Swick
Swietinia
Swietinia macrophylla
Swietinia mahogani
Swift Current
Swiftian
Swinburne
Swindon
Swindonian
Swindonians
Swinging Sixties
Swisher
Swiss

Literary usage of Swertia perennia

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

1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The majority of these plants are protogynous; the flowers of Swertia perennia and S. punctata alone are markedly protandrous. There is, therefore, in the ..."

2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"The majority of these plants are protogynous; the flowers of Swertia perennia and S. punctata alone are markedly protandrous. There is, therefore, in the ..."

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