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Gentian vs Gentianine - What's the difference?

gentian | gentianine |

As a proper noun gentian

is .

As a noun gentianine is

(organic compound) a bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.

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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    gentianine

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (organic compound) A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.
    • (Webster 1913)