Noun: American gentian
- Any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
"American gentian plants thrived in the arid climate of the American West";
- columbo, American columbo, deer's-ear, deer's-ears, pyramid plant
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: Frasera, genus Frasera