genus Gentianella

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Noun

1.genus Gentianella - genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus GentianaGentianelladicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germinationfamily Gentianaceae, gentian family, Gentianaceae - chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentalsague weed, agueweed, five-flowered gentian, Gentiana quinquefolia, Gentianella quinquefolia, stiff gentian - gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowersfelwort, gentianella amarella - gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas