a. [ OF. gent, fr. L. genitus born, or (less prob.) fr. gentilis. See Genteel. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
All of a knight [ who ] was fair and gent. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Her body gent and small. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful. See Gentle. ]
a. Somewhat genteel. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a genteel manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being genteel.
n. [ OE. genciane, F. gentiane, L. gentiana, fr. Gentius, an Illyrian king, said to have discovered its properties. ] (Bot.) Any one of a genus (
☞ Many species are found on the highest mountains of Europe, Asia, and America, and some are prized for their beauty, as the Alpine (Gentiana verna, Gentiana Bavarica, and Gentiana excisa), and the American fringed gentians (Gentiana crinita and Gentiana detonsa). Several are used as tonics, especially the bitter roots of Gentiana lutea, the officinal gentian of the pharmacopoeias. [ 1913 Webster ]
Horse gentian,
Yellow gentian (Bot.),
prop. n. The type genus of the
prop. n. A natural family of chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals.
a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural family of plants (
prop. n. An order of plants including the