Found 2 items, similar to Gentiana lutea.
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Definition: Gentiana lutea
Gentiana lutea
n : robust European perennial having clusters of yellow flowers
[syn:
great yellow gentian]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Gentiana lutea
Gentian
\Gen"tian\ (j[e^]n"shan or j[e^]n"sh[i^]*an), 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.
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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,
Gentiana Bavarica, and
Gentiana excisa), and the
American fringed gentians (
Gentiana crinita and
Gentiana detonsa). Several are used as tonics,
especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the
officinal gentian of the pharmacopoeias.
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Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (
Gentiana lutea
). See
Bitterwort.
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Gentian
\Gen"tian\ (j[e^]n"shan or j[e^]n"sh[i^]*an), 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.
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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,
Gentiana Bavarica, and
Gentiana excisa), and the
American fringed gentians (
Gentiana crinita and
Gentiana detonsa). Several are used as tonics,
especially the bitter roots of
Gentiana lutea, the
officinal gentian of the pharmacopoeias.
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Horse gentian, fever root.
Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (
Gentiana lutea
). See
Bitterwort.
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Bitterwort
\Bit"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
The yellow gentian (
Gentiana lutea), which has a very
bitter taste.
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