gentianella | (n) genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana, Syn. genus Gentianella |
gentianella | (n) low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers, Syn. Gentiana acaulis |
agueweed | (n) gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers, Syn. five-flowered gentian, ague weed, stiff gentian, Gentianella quinquefolia, Gentiana quinquefolia |
felwort | (n) gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas, Syn. gentianella amarella |
Gentianella | n. [ See Gentian. ] A kind of blue color. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] |