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Definition of Five-flowered gentian
1. Noun. Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
Generic synonyms: Gentian
Group relationships: Gentianella, Genus Gentianella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Five-flowered Gentian
Literary usage of Five-flowered gentian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New therapeutical agents by Willard H. Morse (1882)
"have in the five-flowered gentian a valuable adjuvant. It is approved by those
who have used it in scarlatina. In hepatic disorders there are few medicines ..."
2. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"five-flowered gentian. Gentiana quinqueflora. Gentian Family. Stem.—Slender ;
usually branching ; one or ... In some localities the five-flowered gentian ..."
3. School Education (1907)
"The five-flowered gentian is rarer than the closed gentian, and its flowers are
small. It grows in the woods on a slender, branching stem, which bears five ..."
4. The Fairyland of Flowers: A Popular Illustrated Botany for the Home and School by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick (1890)
"five-flowered gentian.— Slender and branching. Leaves lanee-ovate. ... Otherwise much
like the five-flowered Gentian. FRINGED GENTIAN. WHITE GENTIAN. ..."
5. The Fairyland of Flowers: A Popular Illustrated Botany by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick (1890)
"GENTIAN FAMILY five-flowered gentian.—Slender and branching. Leaves lance-ovate.
... Otherwise much like the five-flowered Gentian. ..."
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