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What is a gentian?

What is a gentian? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any of various herbs of the family Gentianaceae found in temperate and mountainous regions with violet or blue flowers.
  2. The dried roots and rhizome of a European gentian, Gentiana lutea, used as a tonic.
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This is best accomplished by blood cleansing tonics, especially with herbs like burdock, gentian, and sarsaparilla roots.
Felwort can be distinguished from moss gentian because of its growth-habit.
In Western herbal medicine barberry root and gentian are used as bitter tonics to aid digestion.
The incision was carefully sutured and the wound dabbed with 0.2 per cent gentian violet solution and boric acid powder.
For blue choose from gentian sage, lobelia, mealycup sage, nemesia, petunia, or verbena.
For those who might be stimulated by this letter to try gentian violet for impetigo, the agent must be kept away from the cornea.

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