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Definition of Prairie gentian
1. Noun. One of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas.
Exact synonyms: Bluebell, Eustoma Grandiflorum, Tulip Gentian
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Eustoma, Genus Eustoma
Generic synonyms: Wild Flower, Wildflower
Group relationships: Eustoma, Genus Eustoma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prairie Gentian
Literary usage of Prairie gentian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"prairie gentian.—While some rare wildflowers are comparatively easy to colonize
under ... The plant is commonly known a* alkali lily and prairie gentian. ..."
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