blind gentian

Questions about blind gentian

What does blind gentian mean?

blind gentian means "similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for blind gentian?

Close synonyms include closed gentian, Gentiana clausa, closed gentian, bottle gentian, Gentiana andrewsii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blind gentian a common word?

blind gentian is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.