FRINGED GENTIAN


Meaning of FRINGED GENTIAN in English

noun

: any of several No. American herbs of the genus Gentiana having the margin of the corolla lobes fringed: as

a. : a widely but irregularly distributed annual or biennial herb ( G. crinita ) of eastern and central No. America that has violet-blue or white fringed flowers

b. : a similar but somewhat smaller blue-flowered plant ( G. procera ) of central and western No. America

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