Usually means: Antiseptic dye used for infections.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. gentian violet: Merriam-Webster
  2. gentian violet: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. gentian violet: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. gentian violet: Collins English Dictionary
  5. gentian violet: Vocabulary.com
  6. gentian violet: Wiktionary
  7. gentian violet: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. gentian violet: Dictionary.com
  9. Gentian violet: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. gentian violet: Rhymezone
  11. gentian violet: FreeDictionary.org
  12. gentian violet: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. gentian violet: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. gentian violet: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. gentian violet: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  4. gentian violet, violet, gentian: Medical dictionary

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  1. gentian violet: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See gentian_violets as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gentian violet)

noun:  (chemistry) Also known as crystal violet, a chemical dye used in the Gram stain test, and is also a fungicide. Chemically: hexamethyl pararosaniline chloride, C₂₅H₃₀ClN₃
noun:  A violet colour similar to the gentian flower.
adjective:  Having a violet colour similar to the gentian flower.

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