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Definition of Geum urbanum
1. Noun. Hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geum Urbanum
Literary usage of Geum urbanum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"In the root of wood avens, geum urbanum, L*, whence it is obtained by distillation
with water, the yield being 0-04 pc— Greenish yellow, buttery. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"geum urbanum, L., 'in Topsell and Askham' (Prior).—Eay (Cat. ... geum urbanum, L.
Avens, Drooping, or Water. Geum rivale, L. Avens, Mountain. ..."
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