soldanella
See also: Soldanella
English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
soldanella (plural soldanellas)
- A flower of genus Soldanella.
- 1892, Grant Allen, Science in Arcady:
- 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:
- 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.
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