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noun
any evergreen plant of the genus Dryas, of the rose family, growing in northern or alpine regions of the Northern Hemisphere and having showy, solitary, white or yellow flowers.
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Origin of mountain avens
First recorded in 1790–1800
Words nearby mountain avens
Mounds View, Moundsville, mount, mountain, mountain ash, mountain avens, mountain beaver, mountain bike, mountain bluebird, mountain bluet, mountainboard
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How to use mountain avens in a sentence
The mountain avens, Dryas octopetala, belongs to the same nat.
British Dictionary definitions for mountain avens
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