Gentianella quinquefolia
- noun
- Specialized
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Gentianella quinquefolia
- The meadow was dotted with clusters of Gentianella quinquefolia in full bloom.
Examples
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Hikers admired the delicate blue flowers of Gentianella quinquefolia along the forest trail.
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Botanists surveyed the site and recorded the presence of Gentianella quinquefolia among other wildflowers.
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The Gentianella quinquefolia blooms beautifully in the spring.
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Look at that Gentianella quinquefolia!
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Hikers admired the delicate blue flowers of Gentianella quinquefolia along the forest trail.
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Botanists surveyed the site and recorded the presence of Gentianella quinquefolia among other wildflowers.
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The meadow was dotted with clusters of Gentianella quinquefolia in full bloom.
Synonyms
A small wild plant with clusters of bright blue flowers that grows in eastern North America
A plant with clusters of small bristly blue flowers native to eastern North America
A wild plant of eastern North America with clusters of small, bristly blue flowers
A small wild plant from eastern North America with clusters of bristly blue flowers
Surface Forms
Morphology
gentianella + quinquefolia
This is a Latin binomial composed of the genus name 'Gentianella' (a small gentian plant) and the epithet 'quinquefolia' (literally 'five‑leaved' from quinque = five, folia = leaves). Because the epithet transparently describes a morphological feature of the plant, a learner who knows both constituent meanings could infer it denotes a gentianella with five leaves; scientific Latin names are typically compositional and descriptive.
Etymology
Gentianella quinquefolia comes from Latin roots: gentianella means a small gentian and quinquefolia literally means 'five leaves'. So the name gives a simple image—a small blue gentian often with leaves in groups of five—which helps you remember this species.
