Avens
any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.
Historical Examples
There were buttercups, avens, and white nettles in flower on December 31st.
Nature Near London Richard Jefferies
Commend me to the prayers of the nuns of the avens Sainte Vierge.
Marguerite de Valois Alexandre Dumas
avens, the English name of two rosaceous plants of the genus Geum.
The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 3 Various
Two species occur in Britain under the popular name “avens.”
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 Various
Herbaceous vegetation consists largely of muhly grass, geum, and avens.
Life History and Ecology of the Five-lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus Henry S. Fitch
noun (functioning as sing) (pl) -ens
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 flowers See 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
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