gentian en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒɛnt͡ʃn̩/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈd͡ʒɛnt͡ʃən/ (General-American)
Etymology
Via Middle English from Latin gentiāna, which, according to Pliny the Elder, was named after Gentius (Ancient Greek Γένθιος (Génthios)), the last king of Illyria, who supposedly discovered the plant's medicinal benefits. This has been dismissed as folk etymology but the word may still ultimately be of Illyrian origin, as -an is a common suffix in Illyrian words.
Meanings
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(countable) Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
Searching again, he noticed something that had eluded him before: a single flower, a gentian, blooming not fifty feet in front of them, where, by all rights, there ought to be solid rock. How does it get enough light to live?
2008, Christopher Paolini, “Assault on Helgrind”, in Brisingr, page 39:On the cover of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. […] She has bright flaxen hair and laughing eyes of the same hue as the gentians in the meadow beyond the inn.
1956, Delano Ames, Crime out of Mind, chapter 1:
- (uncountable) Dried roots and rhizome of European gentian (Gentiana lutea), used as a tonic.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| gentians | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bog gentian · narrowleaf gentian · early gentian · Elliott's gentian · fringed gentian · Newberry's gentian · yellow gentian · gentianic · bigleaf gentian · Charleston gentian · cross gentian · blind gentian · explorer's gentian · harvestbells gentian · crested gentian · round-leaved gentian · soapwort gentian · Bavarian gentian · bottle gentian · gentian violet · Chiltern gentian · trumpet gentian · New England gentian · European gentian · Tienshan gentian · white gentian · giant gentian · spring gentian · pygmy gentian · clustered gentian · great yellow gentian · pleated gentian · field gentian · five-flowered gentian · slender gentian · broadpetal gentian · swamp gentian · bastard gentian · purple gentian · American gentian · rough gentian · bristly gentian · Bohemian gentian · greater fringed gentian · willow gentian · Appalachian gentian · plain gentian · Mendocino gentian · gentianine · prairie gentian · closed gentian · wiregrass gentian · tufted gentian · showy gentian · pale gentian · king's scepter gentian · autumn gentian · pinebarren gentian · snow gentian · Alpine gentian · blue gentian · purple-stalked gentian · green gentian · star gentian · stiff gentian · moss gentian · dwarf gentian · gentianose · Caucasian gentian · stemless gentian · whitish gentian · Triglav gentian · gentamicin · spurred gentian · horse gentian · gentian blue · German gentian · Karawanken gentian · tulip gentian · downy gentian · striped gentian · mountain bog gentian · dune gentian · brown gentian · Parry's gentian · snake gentian · marsh gentian · spotted gentian · bladder gentian
Synonyms
Translations (85)
pl gencjana (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · qu phallcha (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · tr centiyana (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · sh gencijána (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ast xaranzana (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · sh gencijána (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · fa کوشاد (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · el γεντιακή (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · sh srčànīk (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · ota ییلان اوتی (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · sh срча̀нӣк (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · es genciana (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ca genciana (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ca genciana (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · sh лѝнцура (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ang feldwyrt (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · grc γεντιανή (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · it genziana (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ar جَنْطِيَانَا (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · eo genciano (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · nl gentiaan (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · pl gencjana (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · ar جَنْطِيَانَا (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · sh сирѝштара (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · cmn 龍膽科 /龙胆科 (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · ga ceadharlach (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · io genciano (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · cy crwynllys (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · syc ܓܶܢܛܝܢܳܐ (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · tr centiyana (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ast xaranzana (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · sh генција́на (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · fa جنطیانا (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · ota جنتیانه (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · ar كُوشَاد (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · ga lus an chrúbáin (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · de Enzian (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · pl goryczka (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · syc ܓܶܢܛܝܢܳܐ (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · fi keltakatkeron juuri (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · grc γεντιανή (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · cs hořec (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · ar كُوشَاد (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · eo genciano (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · tr yılan otu (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · bo ཀྱི་ལྕེ་ནག་པོ (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · fa کوشاد (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · la gentiāna (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ota جنطیانا (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · mhn sklopper (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · bg тентя́ва (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ru гореча́вка (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · sq sanëz (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · mk сириштарка (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · es genciana (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · bg тинтя́ва (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · tr yılan otu (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · sh sirìštara (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · sq agnushe (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · fi katkero (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · fr gentiane (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · fr gentiane (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · de Enzian (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · pl goryczka (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · bg тинтя́ва (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ru гореча́вка (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ro gențiană (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ro gențiană (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · fa جنطیانا (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · sh генција́на (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · bo སྤང་རྒྱན (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · ast xanzana (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · sh sirìštara (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · la gentiāna (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · pt genciana (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · ota ییلان اوتی (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · it genziana (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · pt genciana (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · ast xanzana (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · sh lìncura (The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian) · sh сирѝштара (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · sh лѝнцура (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · el γεντιακή (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · bg тентя́ва (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae) · sh lìncura (Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae)