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gentianaceous

[jen-shee-uh-ney-shuh s]
adjective
  1. belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
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Origin of gentianaceous

1850–55; < New Latin Gentianace(ae) name of the family (Latin gentiān(a) gentian + -aceae -aceae) + -ous
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Historical Examples of gentianaceous

  • In the Gentianaceous genus Halenia, H. heterantha is remarkable for the absence of spurs.

    Vegetable Teratology

    Maxwell T. Masters

British Dictionary definitions for gentianaceous

gentianaceous

adjective
  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Gentianaceae, a family of flowering plants that includes centaury, felwort, and gentian
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