fringed gentian

noun

a plant of the genus Gentianopsis (or Gentiana ), especially G. crinita, having a tubular blue corolla with four fringed petals.

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

So in October, when the fields are brown with frost, the blue and fringed gentian meets your eye, filling with thankful tears.

He could tell where to look for the rare fringed gentian, the yellow violet, the Indian pipe.

"The Fringed Gentian," it was called, and it was very pretty.

Who is lifted heavenward by the fringed gentian, like Bryant?

The season ripened; the fringed gentian sprang in the meadow, and the aster by the roadside; but no word came.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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