avens : Idioms & Phrases
mountain avens
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noun creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America
Dryas octopetala.
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purple avens
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noun North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits
Geum triflorum; prairie smoke.
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noun erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
purple avens; Geum rivale; Indian chocolate; chocolate root.
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water avens
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noun erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
purple avens; Geum rivale; Indian chocolate; chocolate root.
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white avens
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noun avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers
Geum virginianum; bennet.
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noun North American white-flowered avens
bennet; Geum canadense.
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wood avens
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noun hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
clover-root; herb bennet; Geum urbanum; cloveroot.
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yellow avens
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noun hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America
Geum macrophyllum.
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noun erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America
Geum alleppicum strictum; Geum strictum.
