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avens
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun avens has 1 sense
- avens(n = noun.plant) Array - any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers; Array is a member of genus geum, geum
has particulars: geum alleppicum strictum, geum strictum, yellow avens, bennet, geum canadense, white avens, geum macrophyllum, yellow avens, chocolate root, geum rivale, indian chocolate, purple avens, water avens, geum triflorum, prairie smoke, purple avens, clover-root, cloveroot, geum urbanum, herb bennet, wood avens, bennet, geum virginianum, white avens
is a kind of subshrub, suffrutex
CIDE DICTIONARY
avens, n. [OF. avence.].
A plant of the genus Geum , of the rose family, esp. Geum urbanum , or herb bennet. They may bear red, yellow, or white flowers. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
avens, n. any of various plants of the genus Geum.
Idiom
mountain avens a related plant (Dryas octopetala).
Etymology
ME f. OF avence (med.L avencia), of unkn. orig.
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