gentian

IPA: dʒˈɛnʃʌn

(countable) Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
(uncountable) Dried roots and rhizome of European gentian (Gentiana lutea), used as a tonic.

Examples of "gentian" in Sentences

Some mild and general tonic will likewise be useful, such as gentian and ginger.
I use it, or another herb called gentian in animals as a tincture to stimulate appetite.
Count the birds, notice the small blossoms just budding along the streambanks: gentian, violet crocus, bellflower.
If the patient is run down in condition, bitter tonics, such as gentian, may be given in 2-dram doses twice a day and a liberal diet of grain allowed.
This tiny gentian, so faithful to the earth in its teardrop of honey-colored amber, bloomed and became immortal thirty-five million years before anyone thought of God.
One of only two brands of bitters to survive prohibition, it's derived from a flowering plant known as a gentian, and is thinner than many other bitters, with less cloying flavors.
I find it hard to countenance how such an exotic thing can do so well so far from its home in South America, but here it is, lighting up my garden still, its gentian-blue flowers defiant and powering on strongly.
The Marmolata having retired from the scene, we now turn back, taking a short cut across the dreary "Col" and finding by the way some exquisite specimens of wild Daphne (Daphne Cneorum), abundance of the small mountain gentian (Gentiana verna), and large clusters of a very lovely, tiny pink flower with wax-like petals, minute and close as a lichen, and unlike anything that either of us has ever seen before.