gentian
Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous…Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
» Japanese green gentian tea is very bitter.
Japanischer grüner Enziantee ist sehr bitter.
Чай из японской горечавки очень горький.
Meaning
2 senses(countable)Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
Enzian
гореча́вкаgorečávka
any of various plants of the family Gentianaceae especially the genera Gentiana and Gentianella and Gentianopsis
(uncountable)Dried roots and rhizome of European gentian (Gentiana lutea), used as a tonic.
Enzian
гореча́вкаgorečávka
Examples
3 sentencesJapanese green gentian tea is very bitter.
ruЧай из японской горечавки очень горький.
deJapanischer grüner Enziantee ist sehr bitter.
The gentian is a plant which grows in mountainous regions.
deDer Enzian ist eine Pflanze, die im Gebirge wächst.
Gentians are plants that grow in mountainous regions.
deDer Enzian ist eine Pflanze, die im Gebirge wächst.
Translations
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Origin
Via Middle English from Latin gentiāna, which, according to Pliny the Elder, was named aftVia Middle English from Latin gentiāna, which, according to Pliny the Elder, was named after Gentius (Ancient Greek Γένθιος (Génthios)), the last king of Illyria, who supposedly discovered the plant's medicinal benefits. This has been dismissed as folk etymology but the word may still ultimately be of Illyrian origin, as -an is a common suffix in Illyrian words.
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