geum

American  

[jee-uhm] / ˈdʒi əm /

noun

1. any plant of the genus Geum, comprising the avens.

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geum British  

/ ˈdʒiːəm /

noun

1. any herbaceous plant of the rosaceous genus Geum, having compound leaves and red, orange, or white flowers See also avens

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Etymology

Origin of geum

1540–50; < New Latin; Latin gaeum, geum (in Pliny) a plant of uncertain identity

Example Sentences

The experiments were made on the geum rivale, different kinds of mallows, and the æchinops ritro.

From The Botanic Garden. Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants. a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. by Darwin, Erasmus

Allman, Professor, on a monstrous Saxifraga geum, ii.

From The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Volume II (of 2) by Darwin, Charles

Instance in the Soldanella and Ranunculus.bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle, associated with a profusion of geum montanum, and ranunculus pyren�us.

From Modern Painters Volume II (of V) by Ruskin, John

The red shades found in the geum tribe are very uncommon, being neither crimson, scarlet, nor orange, but a mixture of all three, with a dash of brown thrown in.

From Small Gardens and How to Make the Most of Them by Biddle, Violet Purton