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Definition of Soapwort gentian
1. Noun. Erect perennial of wet woodlands of North America having leaves and flower buds resembling those of soapwort.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soapwort Gentian
Literary usage of Soapwort gentian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"American gentian; blue gentian; soapwort-gentian. Native, perennial herb, 1 to
2j feet high; in wet soil, Ontario to Minnesota, south to Louisiana and ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... delicately fringed corollas, and the closed gentian (G. Andrewsii) and
soapwort-gentian (G. Saponaria), both with nearly closed corollas. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"In eastern North America the best known species .are the fringed gentian, G.
crinita, soapwort gentian, G. saponaria, and G. andrewsii, closed gentian, ..."
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