| 释义 |
closed gentian in American English US any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers closed gentian in American Englishnouna gentian, Gentiana andrewsii, of the eastern and central U.S., having tight clusters of dark blue, closed flowers Also called: bottle gentian Word origin [1855–60, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1855–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: barrage, boilerplate, lavabo, pickup, specialist |