gentian in Latin
gentian in Latin is gentiāna — 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 Latin
gentiāna
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 Latin?
"gentian" in Latin is gentiāna. 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 Latin, "gentian" is gentiāna.
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