Gentianella

Gen`tian`el´la

n.

1.

A kind of blue color.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Gentianella - genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana genus Gentianella 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 ague weed, agueweed, five-flowered gentian, Gentiana quinquefolia, Gentianella quinquefolia, stiff gentian - gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers felwort, gentianella amarella - gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas
	2.	gentianella - low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers Gentiana acaulis gentian - any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis