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Word entry · 7 letters

gentian

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"Bitter-root alpine flower"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛnt͡ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aeginntStarts with GEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis

Word origin

Via Middle English from Latin gentiāna, which, according to Pliny the Elder, was named after Gentius (Ancient Greek Γένθιος (Génthios)), the last king of Illyria, who supposedly discovered the plant's medicinal benefits. This has been dismissed as folk etymology but the word may still ultimately be of Illyrian origin, as -an is a common suffix in Illyrian words.

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01Bitter-root alpine flower7 letters
02Alpine blue bloom7 letters

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