horse gentian

1. 1.

   coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers

   Synonymsfeverroottinker's rootwild coffeeTriostium perfoliatum

   Broaderherb

   Part ofTriostium

Questions about horse gentian

What does horse gentian mean?

horse gentian means "coarse weedy American perennial herb with large usually perfoliate leaves and purple or dull red flowers".

What is another word for horse gentian?

Close synonyms include feverroot, tinker's root, wild coffee, Triostium perfoliatum. 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 horse gentian a common word?

horse gentian 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.