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Swertia

Swertia

9.9
Small mountain plants with blue flowers and a bitter taste used in traditional medicine
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Several species in the Swertia genus are valued for their medicinal uses.

Examples

  • The beautiful blue flowers of Swertia often stand out in their mountain habitats.

  • The Swertia plant thrives in high altitudes.

  • Botanists discovered a new population of Swertia in the Alps.

  • Many Swertias are found in the Himalayas.

  • Botanists discovered a new population of Swertia in the Alps.

  • Several species in the Swertia genus are valued for their medicinal uses.

  • The beautiful blue flowers of Swertia often stand out in their mountain habitats.

Compounds

Swertia speciosa
  • Specialized
9.9

A tall wild plant with many white flowers touched with green that grows in mountain meadows in northwestern United States

Surface Forms

Swertia singular
Swertias plural

Etymology

Swertia comes from a Latin form of a person's name, so you can think of it as 'Swert's plant'. That's why Swertia is used for a group of related mountain herbs in the gentian family, known for their bitter compounds.