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STIFF GENTIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does stiff gentian mean?
• STIFF GENTIAN (noun)
The noun STIFF GENTIAN has 1 sense:
1. gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
Familiarity information: STIFF GENTIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
ague weed; agueweed; five-flowered gentian; Gentiana quinquefolia; Gentianella quinquefolia; stiff gentian
Hypernyms ("stiff gentian" is a kind of...):
gentian (any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis)
Holonyms ("stiff gentian" is a member of...):
Gentianella; genus Gentianella (genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana)
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