soapwort gentian

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   erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwort

   SynonymsGentiana saponaria

   Broadergentian

Questions about soapwort gentian

What does soapwort gentian mean?

soapwort gentian means "erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwort".

What is another word for soapwort gentian?

Close synonyms include Gentiana saponaria. 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 soapwort gentian a common word?

soapwort 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.