soldanella

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From the genus name.

Noun[edit]

soldanella (plural soldanellas)

  1. A flower of genus Soldanella.
    • 1892, Grant Allen, Science in Arcady[1]:
      Great belts of blue gentian hang like a zone on the mountain slopes; masses of yellow globe-flower star the upland pastures; nodding heads of soldanella lurk low among the rugged boulders by the glacier's side.
    • 1924, Katharine Symonds Furse, Ski-running[2]:
      Some of my own best Ski-ing days have been late in March when the crocuses and gentians were already opening to the sun on the Southern slopes, and a soldanella might be found along some tiny stream.