gentianella quinquefolia

1. 1.

   gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers

   Synonymsagueweedague weedfive-flowered gentianstiff gentianGentiana quinquefolia

   Broadergentian

   Part ofGentianella

Questions about gentianella quinquefolia

What does gentianella quinquefolia mean?

gentianella quinquefolia means "gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers".

What is another word for gentianella quinquefolia?

Close synonyms include agueweed, ague weed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian, Gentiana quinquefolia. 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 quinquefolia a common word?

gentianella quinquefolia 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.