fringed gentian
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fringed gentian
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
Example Sentences
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As a child, Dickinson routinely wandered the woods, returning with handfuls of wildflowers: anemones, larkspur, fringed gentian, pink lady’s slipper.
From Slate ● May 17, 2016
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.
From Minstrel Weather by Storm, Marian
Who is lifted heavenward by the fringed gentian, like Bryant?
From Every Man His Own University by Conwell, Russell H.
No, my dear; but the fringed gentian does not die instantly, as it looks upward.
From Brenda's Bargain A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah
Here's the purple aster, And the golden-rod, And the blue fringed gentian, By the meadow sod.
From Cousin Hatty's Hymns and Twilight Stories by Nichols, H. P.
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