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n. - Plants characteristically having showy, variously colored flowers.

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  • In contrast to Gentianella, which is delicate and short in stature, Blue Stocking is an aggressive perennial that likes the East Coast.
  • What's a Gentianella, that it would be contrasted with bluestocking?
  • Gentianella is a plant from the Gentian family; blueish purple plants.
  • Donna has been a Gentianella I will not have her called a bluestocking for years; and she could tell you astonishing things!
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