gentian in Czech
gentian in Czech is hořec — gentian means a gentian is a herbaceous plant in the family Gentianaceae, typically growing in cool uplands and bearing deep blue or violet blooms.
gentian in Czech
hořec
(countable) Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
What does "gentian" mean?
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noun A gentian is a herbaceous plant in the family Gentianaceae, typically growing in cool uplands and bearing deep blue or violet blooms.
"Blue gentians grew close to the ground on the mountainside."
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noun Gentian is also the dried root and rhizome of the European gentian plant, used as a herbal tonic.
"The tonic was flavoured with a bitter extract of gentian."
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gentian in a sentence
- Blue gentians grew close to the ground on the mountainside.
- The alpine meadow was scattered with wild gentians.
- The tonic was flavoured with a bitter extract of gentian.
- Herbalists have long used dried gentian to settle the stomach.
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What is "gentian" in Czech?
"gentian" in Czech is hořec. gentian means: A gentian is a herbaceous plant in the family Gentianaceae, typically growing in cool uplands and bearing deep blue or violet blooms.
How do you use "gentian" in a sentence?
Example: "Blue gentians grew close to the ground on the mountainside." In Czech, "gentian" is hořec.
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