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gentian::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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These include myrrh, gentian root, cinchona bark, orris root, zedoary, and saffron.
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Important medicines from roots are ginseng, aconite, ipecac, gentian and reserpine.
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Later in the season, visitors will able to see flowers such as mountain bog gentian.
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She uses chicken wire to protect favorite plants like a bottle gentian she purchased.
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These include beautiful species such as marsh gentian, Dorset heath and purple milk-vetch.
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Bright red and lighter than Angostura, they share a base in gentian root.
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Falls bloomers here include fringed gentian, nodding lady's tresses orchid and blue curls.
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Flowers such as devils-bit scabious and early gentian can be found.
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Produced in France since 1865, Bonal has a double-headed bitterness from cinchona and gentian.
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- Any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
- Gentius (Greek: u0393u03ADu03BDu03B8u03B9u03BFu03C2, ruled 181u2013168 BC) was the last Illyrian king of the Ardiaean State. The name appears to derive from PIE *g'en- "to beget", cognate to Latin gens, gentis "kin, clan, race". He was the son of Pleuratus III, a king who kept relations with Rome very strong. Gentius's principal city was Shkodra, the capital of Ardiaean State at the time.
- Mountain plant of which the root is used for preparing many liqueurs, aperitifs and digestives.
