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gentianella|ˌdʒɛnʃəˈnɛlə|
[mod.L., dim. of L. gentiāna.]
A name for several species of gentian, esp. Gentiana acaulis, bearing flowers of an intense blue colour.
In botanical Latin used by some authorities as the name of one of the two sub-genera into which they divide the genus Gentiana (the other sub-genus being Eugentiana).
1658Sir T. Browne Gard. Cyrus iii. 52 Flowers of one leaf have often five divisions answered by a like number of calicular leaves; as Gentianella [etc.]. 1794Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvii. 226 Gentianella..is singular for having its fine bell shaped azure flowers larger than the whole plant besides. 1803J. Abercrombie's Ev. Man his Own Gard. 233 Thrift, London pride, gentianella, with most other sorts of the fibrous-rooted plants, may be..removed. 1848C. A. Johns Week at Lizard 311 Exacum filiforme, Least Gentianella, is a minute plant. a1861Mrs. Browning Hector in Gard. ix, Eyes of gentianella's azure.
attrib.1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vi. xii. 338 A deep and Gentianella blew. |