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Definitions for Gentian
[1] any of several plants of the genera Gentiana, Gentianella, and Gentianopsis, having usually blue, or sometimes yellow, white, or red, flowers, as the fringed gentian of North America, or Gentiana lutea, of Europe. Compare gentian family.
[2] any of various plants resembling the gentian.
[3] the root of G. lutea, or a preparation of it, used as a tonic.
[4] any gentianaceous plant of the genera Gentiana or Gentianella , having blue, yellow, white, or red showy flowers
[5] the bitter-tasting dried rhizome and roots of Gentiana lutea (European or yellow gentian ), which can be used as a tonic
[6] any of several similar plants, such as the horse gentian
Words nearby Gentian
gent, gent., gentamicin, genteel, genteelism, gentian, gentian blue, gentian family, gentian violet, gentianaceous, gentianella
Origin of Gentian
1350–1400; Middle English gencian < Latin gentiāna; said to be named after Gentius, an Illyrian king
Word origin for Gentian
C14: from Latin gentiāna; perhaps named after Gentius, a second-century bc Illyrian king, reputedly the first to use it medicinally