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Definition of Horse gentian

Horse gentian
Gentian Gen"tian, n. [OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties.] (Bot.) Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule. Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna, Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the pharmacop[oe]ias. Horse gentian, fever root. Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana lutea). See Bitterwort.

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- Triosteum, commonly known in American English as horse-gentian or, less commonly, feverwort, and, in Standard Chinese as 莛子藨属 (ting zi biao shu), is a...
- Triosteum aurantia****, also known as orangefruit horse-gentian, is a perennial species of Triosteum native to North America. Triosteum aurantia**** may...
- (honeysuckle): 180 species Symphoricarpos (snowberry): 17 species Triosteum (horse gentian): 6 species Linnaeoideae Abelia: 30 species Dipelta: 4 species Kolkwitzia...
- Triosteum angustifolium, commonly known as yellowfruit horse-gentian, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Caprifoliaceae. It is found...
- known as perfoliate tinker's-weed, late horse gentian, common horse gentian, perfoliate-leaved horse-gentian, feverwort, and wild coffee, is a species...
- Verbas****. Felwort - A common name for various species of gentian. Feverwort - Horse gentian. Figwort - Some plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, including...
- ecosystem with plants rarely found in Canada such as wild hyacinth, yellow horse gentian, and prickly pear cactus. There are two endangered snakes including...
- (Hybanthus concolor), American bladdernut (Staphylea trifolia), and yellow horse gentian (Triosteum angustifolium) in Pennsylvania; and barrelhead ****feather...
- fringed gentian (Gentianopsis crinita) Horse gentian (Triosteum aurantia****) Lesser fringed gentian (Gentianopsis procera) Northern gentian (Gentiana...
- similar to root beer, but with a bitter aftertaste. It is flavored with gentian root extract, an extremely bitter substance commonly used in herbal medicine...