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STRIPED GENTIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does striped gentian mean?
• STRIPED GENTIAN (noun)
The noun STRIPED GENTIAN has 1 sense:
1. a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America
Familiarity information: STRIPED GENTIAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Gentiana villosa; striped gentian
Hypernyms ("striped 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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