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Gentian vs Genian - What's the difference?

gentian | genian |

As a proper noun gentian

is .

As an adjective genian is

(anatomy) of or pertaining to the chin.

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

    Anagrams

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    References

    genian

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the chin.
    • the genian prominence

    Synonyms

    * mental (Webster 1913)