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Gentian vs Felwort - What's the difference?

gentian | felwort |

As a proper noun gentian

is .

As a noun felwort is

(botany) a european herb, (taxlink), of the gentian family.

gentian

English

(wikipedia gentian) (Gentianaceae)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
  • * 1956 , , Crime out of Mind , , chapter 1:
    • On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl She has bright flaxen hair and laughing eyes of the same hue as the gentians in the meadow beyond the inn.
  • The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian, , used as a tonic.

    • Derived terms

    * horse gentian * yellow gentian

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    felwort

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A European herb, (taxlink), of the gentian family.
    • (Webster 1913)