Definition of Avens

1. Noun. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers.


Definition of Avens

1. n. A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.

Definition of Avens

1. Noun. (botany) A plant of the genus ''Geum'', especially ''Geum urbanum'', or herb bennet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Avens

1. a perennial herb [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Avens

1. A plant of the genus Geum, especially. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet. Origin: OF. Avence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avens

avengeress
avengeresses
avengers
avenges
avengest
avengeth
avenging
aveniform
avenin
avenins
avenious
avenir
avenirs
avenor
avenors
avens (current term)
avenses
aventail
aventails
aventre
aventred
aventres
aventring
aventure
aventures
aventurin
aventurine
aventurines
aventurins
avenue

Literary usage of Avens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Ancient Geography: Explaining the Local Appellations in ...by Alexander MacBean, Samuel Johnson by Alexander MacBean, Samuel Johnson (1773)
"avens, a river altogether unknown to other authors, ... Aven- tine allotted to them by Romulus, which they called from a river of their own country, avens. ..."

2. Botany of the Northern and Middle States: Or, A Description of the Plants by Lewis Caleb Beck (1833)
"If.—Stem 2 feet high. Flowers large, yellow. Yellow avens. 2. ... Water avens. 5. G. peckii Pursh.: somewhat hairy; stem few-flowered ; radical leaves ..."

3. The British flora medica: a history of the medicinal plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"GEUM URBANUM, L. COMMON avens, OR HERB-BENNET. Nat. Ord. ROSACES. F. HERBE DE ST. BENOIT, GALIOTE, RECISE. ..."

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