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gentian family
gen′tian fam`ily
n. a family, Gentianaceae, of nonwoody plants with simple opposite leaves and usu. blue flowers with five united petals: includes centauries and other gentians. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | gentian family - chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentalsfamily Gentianaceae, Gentianaceaedicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationGentianales, order Gentianales - an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; SalvadoraceaeCentaurium, genus Centaurium - genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthersEustoma, genus Eustoma - small genus of herbs of warm regions of southern North America to northern South AmericaExacum, genus Exacum - genus of tropical Asiatic and African plants: especially Persian violetsFrasera, genus Frasera - genus of North American herbs: columbo; includes some species sometimes placed in genus SwertiaGentiana, genus Gentiana - type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianellagentian - any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and GentianopsisGentianella, genus Gentianella - genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus GentianaGentianopsis, genus Gentianopsis - genus of fringed gentians; in some classifications included in genus Gentianagenus Halenia, Halenia - genus of herbs of Eurasia and the Americas: spurred gentiansgenus Sabbatia - genus of smooth slender North American herbs with showy flowersgenus Swertia, Swertia - genus of herbs of mountains of North America and Eurasia and Africa |
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Related to gentian family: GentianaSynonyms for gentian familynoun chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowersSynonyms- family Gentianaceae
- Gentianaceae
Related Words- dicot family
- magnoliopsid family
- Gentianales
- order Gentianales
- Centaurium
- genus Centaurium
- Eustoma
- genus Eustoma
- Exacum
- genus Exacum
- Frasera
- genus Frasera
- Gentiana
- genus Gentiana
- gentian
- Gentianella
- genus Gentianella
- Gentianopsis
- genus Gentianopsis
- genus Halenia
- Halenia
- genus Sabbatia
- genus Swertia
- Swertia
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