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Gentian

Noun CEFR B1
ˈd͡ʒɛnt͡ʃən

Definitions

  1. Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
    countable
  2. Dried roots and rhizome of European gentian (Gentiana lutea), used as a tonic.
    uncountable

Equivalents

Españolgenciana
Françaisgentiane
DeutschEnzian
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Examples

“On the cover⟳ of the leaflet advertising the Alpenrose Gasthof in Zirl am Gurgl […] there is a decorative picture of a young woman. […] She has bright flaxen hair and laughing eyes of the same hue as the gentians in the meadow beyond the inn.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

gentian blue gentian violet gentianella gentianic acid gentianine gentianose

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