avens

[ av-inz ]

/ ˈæv ɪnz /

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noun, plural av·ens.

any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.

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Origin of avens

1200–50; Middle English avence<Old French <Medieval Latin avencia kind of clover

Words nearby avens

Avellaneda, Ave Maria, avenaceous, avenge, avenger, avens, aventail, Aventine, aventurine, avenue, Avenzoar

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How to use avens in a sentence

Flowers still clung to many of these stalks—yellow avens, alpine gentians, blue polemonium, and purple primrose.
Watched by Wild Animals|Enos A. Mills
Herbaceous vegetation consists largely of muhly grass, geum, and avens.
Life History and Ecology of the Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus|Henry S. Fitch
It is soon followed by the wild parsley, Nuttall's or yellow violet, and the vivid plumes of the purple avens.
North Dakota|Various
The mountain avens, Dryas octopetala, belongs to the same nat.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3|Various

The Common Avens grows abundantly all summer in woods and on shady hedge-banks, but it is not very attractive.
Flowers Shown to the Children|C. E. Smith

British Dictionary definitions for avens

avens

/ (ˈævɪnz) /

noun plural -ens (functioning as singular)

any of several temperate or arctic rosaceous plants of the genus Geum, such as G. rivale (water avens), which has a purple calyx and orange-pink flowersSee also herb bennet

mountain avens either of two trailing evergreen white-flowered rosaceous shrubs of the genus Dryas that grow on mountains in N temperate regions and in the Arctic

Word Origin for avens

C15: from Old French avence, from Medieval Latin avencia variety of clover

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