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Definition of Gentiana lutea

Gentiana lutea
Bitterwort Bit"ter*wort`, n. (Bot.) The yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea), which has a very bitter taste.
Gentiana lutea
Gentian Gen"tian, 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. 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, Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the pharmacop[oe]ias. Horse gentian, fever root. Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana lutea). See Bitterwort.
Gentiana lutea
Gentian Gen"tian, 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. 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, Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the pharmacop[oe]ias. Horse gentian, fever root. Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana lutea). See Bitterwort.

Meaning of Gentiana lutea from wikipedia

- Gentiana lutea, the great yellow gentian, is a species of gentian native to the mountains of central and southern Europe. Gentiana lutea is an herbaceous...
- po****r in rock gardens. Many beverages are made with gentian root. Gentiana lutea is used to produce gentian, a distilled beverage produced in the Alps...
- which is produced by distilling a maceration of the roots of the Gentiana (Gentiana lutea). The name genziana is also used for a digestif, typical of the...
- Amarogentin is a chemical compound found in gentian (Gentiana lutea) or in Swertia chirata. Gentian root has a long history of use as a herbal bitter in...
- G. lutea may refer to: Gagea lutea, a Eurasian plant Gastrodia lutea, an achlorophyllous orchid Gena lutea, a top snail Gentiana lutea, a gentian native...
- endangered plant species, among them Vaccinium gaultherioides, Yellow Gentiana (Gentiana lutea), Edelweiss of the Apennines (Leontopodium nivale), and Adonis...
- listed in this product are: Motherwort (Leonorus cardiaca) Gentian (Gentiana lutea) Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia pisci****) Pleurisy root (Asclepias tuberosa)...
- from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014. Kera, Gentiana; Pandelejmoni, Enriketa (2022). "Austrian-Hungarian Military Administration...
- Gentiana acaulis, the stemless gentian, or trumpet gentian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae, native to central and southern...
- substance is amarogentin, a compound present in the roots of the plant Gentiana lutea, and the most bitter substance known is the synthetic chemical denatonium...