striped gentian

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   a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America

   SynonymsGentiana villosa

   Broadergentian

Questions about striped gentian

What does striped gentian mean?

striped gentian means "a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America".

What is another word for striped gentian?

Close synonyms include Gentiana villosa. 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 striped gentian a common word?

striped 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.