[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gentian \gen"tian\ je^n"shan or je^n"shi^an, n. oe.
   genciane, f. gentiane, l. gentiana, fr. gentius, an illyrian
   king, said to have discovered its properties. bot.
   any one of a genus gentiana of herbaceous plants with
   opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla,
   usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. see
   illust. of capsule.
   1913 webster

   note: many species are found on the highest mountains of
         europe, asia, and america, and some are prized for
         their beauty, as the alpine gentiana verna,
         gentiana bavarica, and gentiana excisa, and the
         american fringed gentians gentiana crinita and
         gentiana detonsa. several are used as tonics,
         especially the bitter roots of gentiana lutea, the
         officinal gentian of the pharmacopoeias.
         1913 webster

   horse gentian, fever root.

   yellow gentian bot., the officinal gentian gentiana
      lutea. see bitterwort.
      1913 webster
see also:
gentiana capsule gentiana verna gentiana bavarica gentiana excisa gentiana crinita 
gentiana detonsa gentiana lutea horse gentian yellow gentian gentiana lutea 
bitterwort 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gentiana detonsa
     n : medium-tall fringed gentian with pale-glue to blue-purple
         flowers; circumboreal in distribution syn: gentianopsis
         detonsa
see also:
gentianopsis detonsa 

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