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avens

DEFINITIONS OF: avens

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n any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers

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Geum alleppicum strictum, Geum strictum, yellow avens
erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America
Geum canadense, bennet, white avens
North American white-flowered avens
Geum macrophyllum, yellow avens
hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America
Geum rivale, Indian chocolate, chocolate root, purple avens, water avens
erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
Geum triflorum, prairie smoke, purple avens
North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits
Geum urbanum, clover-root, cloveroot, herb bennet, wood avens
hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
Geum virginianum, bennet, white avens
avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers
Type of:
subshrub, suffrutex
low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
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