fringed gentian

noun

1. a plant of the genus Gentianopsis (or Gentiana ), especially G. crinita, having a tubular blue corolla with four fringed petals.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fringed gentian¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

So in October, when the fields are brown with frost, the blue and fringed gentian meets your eye, filling with thankful tears.

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He could tell where to look for the rare fringed gentian, the yellow violet, the Indian pipe.

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"The Fringed Gentian," it was called, and it was very pretty.

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Who is lifted heavenward by the fringed gentian, like Bryant?

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The season ripened; the fringed gentian sprang in the meadow, and the aster by the roadside; but no word came.

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