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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 flowersplay

  Familiarity information: STIFF GENTIAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STIFF GENTIAN (noun)


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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