[syn: gentianella, Gentiana acaulis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gentianella \Gen`tian*el"la\, n. [See Gentian.]
A kind of blue color. --Johnson.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Gentianella
n 1: genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some
classifications included in genus Gentiana [syn:
Gentianella, genus Gentianella]
2: low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green
leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue
flowers [syn: gentianella, Gentiana acaulis]