marsh gentian

1. 1.

   perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths

   Synonymscalathian violetGentiana pneumonanthe

   Broadergentian

   Part ofGentiana

Questions about marsh gentian

What does marsh gentian mean?

marsh gentian means "perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths".

What is another word for marsh gentian?

Close synonyms include calathian violet, Gentiana pneumonanthe. 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 marsh gentian a common word?

marsh 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.