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n., pl., avens.
  1. Any of various perennial herbs of the genus Geum in the rose family, having often pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers with many pistils.
  2. The mountain avens.

[Middle English avence, from Old French, from Medieval Latin avencia.]


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avens
Any of the low-growing, perennial flowering plants (approximately 50 species) of the genus Geum, in the rose family. Most occur in the northern or southern temperate zones or in the Arctic. Several species are cultivated for their solitary or clustered white, red, orange, or yellow flowers. The plants grow no more than 2 ft (60 cm) tall. Most of the compound, deeply lobed or cut leaves arise from the base of the stem.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers

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Geum

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For the river, see Geum River.
Geum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Rosales
Family: Rosaceae
Subfamily: Rosoideae
Genus: Geum
L.
Species

About 50; see text
Synonyms
Geum 'Beech House'

Geum (pronounced /ˈdʒiːəm/),[1] the Avens, is a genus of about 50 species of perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family Rosaceae, native to Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa and New Zealand. They are closely related to Potentilla and Fragaria.

Geum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Grizzled Skipper.

Species

References

  1. ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607

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