fel·wort

(fĕl′wûrt′, -wôrt′)

An annual gentian (Gentianella amarella) having small, lilac to creamy white flowers with fringed corollas.

[Middle English *feldwort, from Old English feldwyrt : feld, field; see field + wyrt, wort; see wort¹.]

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felwort

(ˈfɛlˌwɜːt)

(Botany) a biennial gentianaceous plant, Gentianella amarella, of Europe and SW China, having purple flowers and rosettes of leaves

[Old English feldwyrt; see field, wort]

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Noun

felwort - gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas

gentianella amarella

gentian - any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis

Gentianella, genus Gentianella - genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana

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gentiane

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Among the rare species are the ivy (Hedera helix), which is here at its easternmost limits; the dwarf birch (Betula humilis); the dwarf willow (Salix myrtilloides); the twinflower (Linnaea borealis); the Scrofulariaceae Pedicularis sceptrum-carolinum; the Ranunculaceae Isopyrum thalictroides; the Fabaceae Lathyrus laevigatus; the marsh saxifrage (Saxifraga hirculus); and the marsh felwort (Swertia perennis), as well as a dozen orchids.

4 Protected areas and biosphere reserves in deciduous forests

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