Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of dicotyledonous, chiefly sympetalous plants characterized by regular flowers, mostly 5-merous, the stamens borne on the base of the corolla and as many as its lobes, and 2 distinct ovaries.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun An order of plants including the
Gentianaceae ;Apocyanaceae ;Asclepiadaceae ;Loganiaceae ;Oleaceae ; andSalvadoraceae .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
order within theclass Magnoliopsida — thegentian ,dogbane , logania andcoffee plants.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an order of dicotyledonous plants having gamopetalous flowers; Gentianaceae; Apocynaceae; Asclepiadaceae; Loganiaceae; Oleaceae; Salvadoraceae
Etymologies
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From Latin Gentiana, from Gentius, king of Illyria.
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