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Definition of Fringed gentian
1. Noun. Any of various herbs of the genus Gentianopsis having the margins of the corolla lobes fringed; sometimes included in genus Gentiana.
Group relationships: Gentianopsis, Genus Gentianopsis
Specialized synonyms: Gentiana Crinita, Gentianopsis Crinita, Gentiana Detonsa, Gentianopsis Detonsa, Gentiana Procera, Gentianopsid Procera, Gentiana Thermalis, Gentianopsis Thermalis, Gentiana Holopetala, Gentianopsis Holopetala, Tufted Gentian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fringed Gentian
Literary usage of Fringed gentian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"TO THE fringed gentian. THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with
the heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and ..."
2. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"TO THE fringed gentian. THOU blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with
the heaven's own blue, That openest when the quiet light Succeeds the keen and ..."
3. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"For them we wear these trusty arms, Forever, from our shore. *° 1831. 1831.
TO THE fringed gentian» Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, ..."
4. American Poetry by Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Wiley Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster (1918)
"For them we wear these trusty arms, Forever, from our shore. & 1831. 1831 TO THE
fringed gentian° Thou blossom bright with autumn dew, And colored with ..."
5. Sidelights on American Literature by Fred Lewis Pattee (1922)
"... "The Prairies," inspired by his entrance for a moment into a new and fresh
world, and there are many who would plead for "To a fringed gentian" and "The ..."
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