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Definition of Avens
1. Noun. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.
Specialized synonyms: 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
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Definition of Avens
1. n. A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
Definition of Avens
1. Noun. (botany) A plant of the genus ''Geum'', especially ''Geum urbanum'', or herb bennet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Avens
1. a perennial herb [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Avens
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Avens
Literary usage of Avens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Ancient Geography: Explaining the Local Appellations in ...by Alexander MacBean, Samuel Johnson by Alexander MacBean, Samuel Johnson (1773)
"avens, a river altogether unknown to other authors, ... Aven- tine allotted to
them by Romulus, which they called from a river of their own country, avens. ..."
2. Botany of the Northern and Middle States: Or, A Description of the Plants by Lewis Caleb Beck (1833)
"If.—Stem 2 feet high. Flowers large, yellow. Yellow avens. 2. ... Water avens.
5. G. peckii Pursh.: somewhat hairy; stem few-flowered ; radical leaves ..."
3. The British flora medica: a history of the medicinal plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"GEUM URBANUM, L. COMMON avens, OR HERB-BENNET. Nat. Ord. ROSACES. F. HERBE DE ST.
BENOIT, GALIOTE, RECISE. ..."
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