name
Meaning 1
plural of Aven
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
avens
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/ˈævɪnz/
noun
Meaning 2
A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cloveroot
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A plant of the genus Dryas.
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noun
Meaning 4
any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: subshrub, suffrutex
Narrower terms: yellow avens, Geum alleppicum strictum, Geum strictum, bennet, white avens, Geum canadense, Geum macrophyllum, water avens, Indian chocolate, purple avens, chocolate root, Geum rivale, prairie smoke, Geum triflorum, herb bennet, cloveroot, clover-root, wood avens, Geum urbanum, Geum virginianum
History
Etymology
From Middle English avence, from Anglo-Norman avance, Old French avence, from Medieval Latin avencia (“a kind of clover”).
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: омайниче (omajniče) — plant of Geum
- Dutch: nagelkruid — plant of Geum
- Finnish: kellukka — plant of Geum
- German: Nelkenwurz — plant of Geum
- Polish: kuklik — plant of Geum
- Romanian: cerențel — plant of Geum
- Romanian: călțunul-doamnei — plant of Geum
- Swedish: nejlikrotssläktet — plant of Geum
- Swedish: nejlikrot — plant of Geum
- Welsh: mapgoll — plant of Geum
- Faroese: brúður — plant of Dryas
- Finnish: lapinvuokko — plant of Dryas
- German: Silberwurz — plant of Dryas
- Italian: camedrio — plant of Dryas
- Polish: dębik — plant of Dryas
- Swedish: fjällsippssläktet — plant of Dryas
- Swedish: fjällsippa — plant of Dryas