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Gentiana

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prop. n.1.The type genus of the Gentianaceae; it is a genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications it includes the genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella.
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Noun1.GentianaGentiana - type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and Gentianella
genus Gentiana
dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
family Gentianaceae, gentian family, Gentianaceae - chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals
Gentiana lutea, great yellow gentian - robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers
calathian violet, Gentiana pneumonanthe, marsh gentian - perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths


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Lab experiments in the 1930s showed that flowers of the narrow-leafed gentian, Gentiana algida, close when temperatures drop.
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Staged by former Paul Taylor Dance Company member Rachel Berman, this work was memorable for the Chittenden-Katie Dehler duet, Gentiana Hose's charmer of a solo, and two witty sections with the effervescent Patrick Thompson opposite a trio of women (Dehler, Hose and Ferrell Alexander).
ASPEN BALLET COMPANY by GASTINEAU, JANINE / Dance Magazine
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