gentiana acaulis

1. 1.

   low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers

   Synonymsgentianella

   Broadergentian

Questions about gentiana acaulis

What does gentiana acaulis mean?

gentiana acaulis means "low-growing alpine plant cultivated for its dark glossy green leaves in basal rosettes and showy solitary bell-shaped blue flowers".

What is another word for gentiana acaulis?

Close synonyms include gentianella. 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 gentiana acaulis a common word?

gentiana acaulis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.