avens

UK: /ˈævɪnz/ US: (av′inz)

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av•ens  (av′inz), n., pl. -ens. 

1. Plant Biology any of various plants of the genus Geum, of the rose family, having yellow, white, or red flowers.

• Medieval Latin avencia kind of clover
• Old French
• Middle English avence 1200–50

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avens / ˈævɪnz/ noun ( -ens)(functioning as singular)

1. 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
2. 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

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French avence, from Medieval Latin avencia variety of clover