avens

(avənz)

noun

any of a genus (Geum) of herbaceous plants of the rose family, with compound leaves and variously colored, usually yellow, flowers

Origin: ME & OFr avence

See avens in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. avens
  1. Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Geum in the rose family, having often pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers with many pistils.
  2. The mountain avens.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English avence

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin avencia

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