Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna, Bavarica, and excisa), and the American fringed gentians (G. crinita and G. detonsa). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the pharmacopoeias. Horse gentian, fever root. — Yellow gentian (Bot.), the officinal gentian (Gentiana lutea). See Bitterwort.
GENTIANACEOUS
Gen`tian*a"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants (Gentianaceæ) of which the gentian is the type.
GENTIANELLA
Gen`tian*el"la, n. Etym: [See Gentian.]
Defn: A kind of blue color. Johnson.
GENTIANIC
Gen`ti*an"ic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid.
GENTIANINE
Gen"tian*ine, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.
GENTIANOSE
Gen"tian*ose`, n. (Chem.)