gentianella

1. 1.

   genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana

   Synonymsgenus Gentianella

   Broaderdicot genus

   Part ofGentianaceae
2. 2.

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

   SynonymsGentiana acaulis

   Broadergentian

Other forms of gentianella

plural

gentianellas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gentianella

What does gentianella mean?

gentianella means "genus of herbs with flowers that resemble gentian; in some classifications included in genus Gentiana". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gentianella?

gentianella has 5 syllables: gen-ti-a-nel-la. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for gentianella?

Close synonyms include genus Gentianella, Gentiana acaulis. 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 gentianella a common word?

gentianella 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.