yellow gentian

American  

noun

1. a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.

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Example Sentences

The assafoetida was mixed with an equal part of powdered yellow gentian, and this was given to the extent of about 8 grains a day in the food.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 by Various

Antoinette watched the cows grazing, and stroked the smooth, glossy leaves of a yellow gentian with the end of her parasol.

From Samuel Brohl and Company by Cherbuliez, Victor

Gentiana acaulis, with deep-blue flowers; Gen′tianine, a yellow crystalline bitter compound obtained from the yellow gentian.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various