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Definition of Mountain avens
1. Noun. Creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America.
Group relationships: Dryas, Genus Dryas
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Avens
Literary usage of Mountain avens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"2. CARYOPHYLLATA montana, flore lúteo magno. J. В. mountain avens, with large
yellow Flowers ... С. В. mountain avens, with yellow nodding Flowers. 5. ..."
2. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Small mountain avens. Nat. of the Alps of Austria and Switzerland. Fl. May—September.
HV Cult.. 1597- Ger. hol. ..."
3. The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of Cork: Containing a by Charles Smith (1815)
"mountain avens, with germander leaves; on high grounds between the barony of ...
Purple mountain avens, or Water Avens, on the banks of the Lee, ..."
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