closed gentian

closed gen·tian

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Definitions of closed gentian words

noun closed gentian any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers 3
noun closed gentian a gentian, Gentiana andrewsii, of the eastern and central U.S., having tight clusters of dark blue, closed flowers. 1

before 1855

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