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Meaning of AVENS

Pronunciation:  'avunz

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
 
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 See Also: bennet, chocolate root, cloveroot, genus Geum, Geum, Geum alleppicum strictum, Geum canadense, Geum macrophyllum, Geum rivale, Geum strictum, Geum triflorum, Geum urbanum, Geum virginianum, herb bennet, Indian chocolate, prairie smoke, purple avens, subshrub, suffrutex, water avens, white avens, wood avens, yellow avens

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Av"ens\, n. [OF. avence.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus {Geum}, esp. {Geum urbanum}, or herb
bennet.
 
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