avens Definition
av·ens (av′ənz)
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.
Browse dictionary entries near avens
- ‹ avenge
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- ‹ avaunt
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- ‹ avast
- ‹ avaricious

