SWERTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Swertia mean? 

• SWERTIA (noun)
  The noun SWERTIA has 1 sense:

1. genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa

  Familiarity information: SWERTIA used as a noun is very rare.

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• SWERTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Swertia; Swertia

Hypernyms ("Swertia" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Swertia"):

marsh felwort; Swertia perennia (perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowers)

Holonyms ("Swertia" is a member of...):

family Gentianaceae; gentian family; Gentianaceae (chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals)