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marsh gentian

Definition:

a perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths

Class:

plant noun

Plural:

marsh gentians

Type of:

gentian » flower » angiosperm » spermatophyte » vascular plant » plant » organism » living thing

Member of:

Gentiana » Gentianaceae » Gentianales » Dicotyledones » Angiospermae » Spermatophyta » Plantae

Original source:

WordNet

Synonyms:

calathian violet | G. pneumonanthe [abbreviation, species] | Gentiana pneumonanthe [species]

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