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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gentian /ˈdʒɛnʃ(ə)n/

▶noun a plant of temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue trumpet-shaped flowers. [Genera Gentiana and Gentianella.]

– origin ME: from L. gentiana, allegedly named after Gentius, king of Illyria, who discovered the plant's medicinal properties.

'gentian' also found in these Oxford entries:

baldmoney - centaury - felwort - gentian violet

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