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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: gentiana, perhaps from Gentius king of ancient Illyria, in Southern Europe, who is said to have discovered the use of the plant as a medicine

gentian

 noun
     
Related topics: Plants
gen‧tian [countable]
HBP a small plant with blue or purple flowers that grows in mountain areas
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