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avens Definition

av·ens (avənz)

noun

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

Etymology: ME & OFr avence

avens Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: On walks ashore you find amazingly lush vegetation, including mountain avens, saxifrages, poppies, cotton grass and white bell heather.
  • come: We then set off downstream through the ducks to the point where the twin avens come in.

Adjective modifier

  • several: Heading right leads across two blind pitches before terminating below several inlet avens.
  • high: At the foot of the pitch a ramp slopes up to a choke passing below two high avens.
  • large: To the left, the passage, Avens Passage, leads to two large avens.
  • twin: We then set off downstream through the ducks to the point where the twin avens come in.
  • occasional: The stream was cold and the passage low and gravel floored, with occasional avens containing loosely cemented fill and old flowstone.
  • blind: A climb over leads to two blind avens with water dripping in.

Noun used with modifier

  • mountain: Unusually, grazing levels appear to be low enough to allow the development of mountain avens heath on slopes open to grazing animals.
  • wood: Ground flora includes dog's mercury, bluebell, primrose and wood avens.
  • water: Damper areas support species such as meadowsweet, ragged robin, water avens, lady's mantle and meadow fescue.
  • inlet: Heading right leads across two blind pitches before terminating below several inlet avens.