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SPURRED GENTIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spurred gentian mean?
• SPURRED GENTIAN (noun)
The noun SPURRED GENTIAN has 1 sense:
1. any of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobes
Familiarity information: SPURRED GENTIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various plants of the genus Halenia having flowers with spurred lobes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("spurred gentian" is a kind of...):
gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)
Holonyms ("spurred gentian" is a member of...):
genus Halenia; Halenia (genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentians)
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