ˌjench(ē)əˈnāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Gentiana, type genus + -aceae
: a large nearly cosmopolitan family of chiefly herbaceous plants (order Gentianales) that usually have showy flowers with tubular or segmented calyx and lobed corolla — see gentiana
• gen·tia·na·ceous | ̷ ̷( ̷ ̷) ̷ ̷|nāshəs adjective