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gentian (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: gentiana, perhaps from Gentius king of ancient Illyria, in Southern Europe, who is said to have discovered the use of the plant as a medicine]
a small plant with blue or purple flowers that grows in mountain areas