In contrast to Gentianella, which is delicate and short in stature, Blue Stocking is an aggressive perennial that likes the East Coast. From Wordnik.com. [Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well - A Dress A Day] Reference
What's a Gentianella, that it would be contrasted with bluestocking?. From Wordnik.com. [Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well - A Dress A Day] Reference
Gentianella is a plant from the Gentian family; blueish purple plants. From Wordnik.com. [Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well - A Dress A Day] Reference
Donna has been a Gentianella I will not have her called a bluestocking for years; and she could tell you astonishing things!. From Wordnik.com. [Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well - A Dress A Day] Reference
Gentiana Acaulis, or Gentianella, is very suitable for edgings, or for rock-work; it is an evergreen creeper, and bears large trumpet-shaped flowers of rich ultramarine blue. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
"Bluestocking" probably sounded rather crass, whereas "Gentianella", if the flower is blue, plays on the idea but with the connotation that the woman to whom it is applied retains her feminine delicacy. From Wordnik.com. [Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well - A Dress A Day] Reference
Northern Atlantic species include Botiychium lunaria, Ophioglossum vulgatum, Gentianella campestris, Ligusticum scoticum and Sedum rosea with Arctic-Alpine montane species such as Silene acaulis and Saxifraga oppositifolia. From Wordnik.com. [St Kilda (Hirta) National Nature Reserve, United Kingdom] Reference
Other nationally important terrestrial vegetation species include the early spider orchid Ophrys sphegodes, the Early Gentian Gentianella anglica, the Nottingham catchfly Silene nutans and Wild cabbage Brassica oleracea var. oleracea. From Wordnik.com. [Dorset and East Devon Coast, United Kingdom] Reference
Well, if a Gentianella was called a bluestocking commonly, then insisting that the woman in question be named a Gentianella would be insisting that there is little (nothing?) common about her (and by extension, about being a female scientist?). From Wordnik.com. [Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well - A Dress A Day] Reference
Stiff gentian, Gentianella quinquefolia, was also prominent along the roadsides of the Parkway and the entrance to Waterrock Knob was radiant with goldenrod. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Gentianella. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 43, August 24, 1850] Reference
Gentianella 454. From Wordnik.com. [The Monthly mirror: reflecting men and manners; with strictures on their epitome, the stage ..] Reference
Gentianella, 111. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
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