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Noun: felwort
  1. Gentian of Europe and China having creamy white flowers with fringed corollas
    "Felwort was once used in traditional medicine to treat fever";
    - gentianella amarella
     
  2. Perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-coloured blue or violet flowers
    "felwort is adapted to high-altitude wetlands";
    - marsh felwort, Swertia perennis

Derived forms: felworts

Type of: gentian, herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: Gentianella, genus Gentianella, genus Swertia, Swertia

Encyclopedia: Felwort