avens

av·ens

A0544700 (ăv′ənz)n. pl. avens Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Geum in the rose family, having often pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers with many pistils. Also called geum.

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[Middle English avence, from Old French, from Medieval Latin avencia.]

avens

(ˈævɪnz) n (functioning as singular) , pl -ens1. (Plants) any of several temperate or arctic rosaceous plants of the genus Geum, such as G. rivale (water avens), which has a purple calyx and orange-pink flowers. See also herb bennet2. (Botany) any of several temperate or arctic rosaceous plants of the genus Geum, such as G. rivale (water avens), which has a purple calyx and orange-pink flowers. See also herb bennet3. (Plants) mountain avens either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic[C15: from Old French avence, from Medieval Latin avencia variety of clover]

av•ens

(ˈæv ɪnz)

n., pl. -ens. any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers. [1200–50; Middle English avence < Old French < Medieval Latin avencia kind of clover]

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avens - any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowersgenus Geum, Geum - avensGeum alleppicum strictum, Geum strictum, yellow avens - erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North AmericaGeum canadense, white avens, bennet - North American white-flowered avensGeum macrophyllum, yellow avens - hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North Americachocolate root, Geum rivale, Indian chocolate, water avens, purple avens - erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petalsGeum triflorum, prairie smoke, purple avens - North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruitscloveroot, clover-root, Geum urbanum, herb bennet, wood avens - hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinallybennet, Geum virginianum, white avens - avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowerssubshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base