Gentiana

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gentiana \Gentiana\ prop. n.
     The type genus of the {Gentianaceae}; it is a genus of herbs
     nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some
     classifications it includes the genera {Gentianopsis} and
     {Gentianella}.
  


     Syn: genus {Gentiana}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Gentiana
       n : type genus of the Gentianaceae; cosmopolitan genus of herbs
           nearly cosmopolitan in cool temperate regions; in some
           classifications includes genera Gentianopsis and
           Gentianella [syn: {genus Gentiana}]