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

But take at morning the path through brown lowgrounds, or close along the wood where frost sleeps late, for here that flower of desire, the fringed gentian, grows.

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No, my dear; but the fringed gentian does not die instantly, as it looks upward.

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Many touching little clusters of flowers came from the children; and his neighbors sent a beautiful wreath of fringed gentian—Whittier's favorite flower.

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In September the river-banks and the brooks glowed for us with cardinal-flower and the blue lobelia, and then, until the frosts settled into winter, there were the fringed gentians and the asters and the goldenrod.

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Daisies, orchids, tiger lilies, fringed gentians, wild red roses, mariposas, Rocky Mountain columbines, harebells, and forget-me-nots adorn every space and nook.

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