See Also: gentianella(dictionary)

copyist (iou) and gentianella (iou)


copyist (iou)



copyist noun. M17.
[from COPY verb1 + -IST. Cf. COPIST.]
A person who copies (esp. documents) or imitates.
copyism noun the practice of copying, esp. slavishly, (slavish) imitation E19.

gentianella (iou)



gentianella noun. M17.
[mod. Latin, dim. of gentiana GENTIAN.]
Any of several dwarf plants belonging to the genus Gentiana or related genera; esp. the blue-flowered G. acaulis of the Alps.
? In botanical Latin Gentianella is now recognized as a genus distinct from Gentiana, containing various species formerly included in the latter.