The Meaning of gentian

• (n.) Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule.

Rhymes

apprehension , ascension , attention , comprehension , condescension , contention , convention , detention , dimension , dissension , extension , henschen , hypertension , hypotension , invention , laurentian , mention , misapprehension , pension , pretension , prevention , retention , suspension , tension