calathianadj.
/kəˈleɪθɪən/ calathian violet n. a name transferred from Pliny, identified with a gentian ( Gentiana pneumonanthe).
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gentianOE
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1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xxi Of Autumne Belfloures, or Calathian Violets..Cordus calleth them Pneumonanthe: and truly it seemeth to be a certayne kinde of Gentian.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 85 Some smell not at all, to wit, the Calathian Violet with the small leafe.
a1834 R. Surtees in J. Raine Taylor's Mem. R. Surtees (1852) 301 Our autumn fields are with pale gentian set, And the calathian glowing violet.
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