Word Study

: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

[2x]

: A Aë A- A. Aa Ab Ac Ad Ae Af Ag Ah Ai Aj Ak Al Am An Ao Ap Aq Ar As At Au Av Aw Ax Ay Az

Table of Contents POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY

avens

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

av=ens

top

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun avens has 1 sense

avens(n = noun.plant) - any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers;

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

top

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]

top

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.

For further exploring for "avens" in Webster Dictionary Online