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BOTTLE GENTIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bottle gentian mean?
• BOTTLE GENTIAN (noun)
The noun BOTTLE GENTIAN has 1 sense:
1. gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all
Familiarity information: BOTTLE GENTIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blind gentian; bottle gentian; closed gentian; Gentiana andrewsii
Hypernyms ("bottle gentian" is a kind of...):
gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)
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