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Definition of Gentiana verna

Gentiana verna
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 verna from wikipedia

- Gentiana verna, the spring gentian, is a species of flowering plant in the family Gentianaceae, and one of its smallest members, normally only growing...
- Hemsl. Gentiana vandewateri Wernham Gentiana veitchiorum Hemsl. Gentiana venusta (G.Don) Wall. ex Griseb. Gentiana verna L. – spring gentian Gentiana vernayi...
- research suggests G. acaulis is sister to a clade containing 4 other Gentiana species: G. verna, G. bavarica, G. nivalis, and G. utriculosa. A depiction of a...
- in nutrient-poor acid bogs, deriving nutrients from trapped insects. Gentiana verna, the spring gentian, flourishes in dry limestone habitats. Some specialised...
- alba, Caltha palustris, ****us sylvatica, Gentiana asclepiadea, Gentiana kochiana, Gentiana purpurea, Gentiana verna, Laburnum anagyroides, Sorbus aucuparia...
- Cornwall Cornish heath Erica vagans native County Durham spring gentian Gentiana verna native ****berland gr****-of-Parn****us Parn****ia palustris native Sutherland...
- regolith supports alpine/Arctic flora which includes spring gentian (Gentiana verna), bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa), mountain avens (Dryas octopetala)...
- The larvae feed on Gentiana species, including Gentiana lutea, Gentiana verna, Gentiana clusii, Gentiana asclepiadea and Gentiana pneumonanthe. "Stenoptilia...
- Dracocephalum, Oxyria, Polygonum, Veronica, Trollius, Scilla, Primula, and Gentiana verna. Large mammals include brown bear (Ursus arctos), gray wolf (Canis lupus)...
- vernicosavernicosum vernus, vernalis L spring (season) spring gentian, Gentiana verna; spring pheasant's eye, Adonis vernalis; spring sneezeweed, Helenium...