avens

1. Any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers (synset 112652092)
   is a type of: subshrub, suffrutex - low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
   subtypes:

   • geum alleppicum strictum, geum strictum, yellow avens - erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America
   • bennet, geum canadense, white avens - North American white-flowered avens
   • geum macrophyllum, yellow avens - hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America
   • chocolate root, geum rivale, indian chocolate, purple avens, water avens - erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals
   • geum triflorum, prairie smoke, purple avens - North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits
   • clover-root, cloveroot, geum urbanum, herb bennet, wood avens - hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
   • bennet, geum virginianum, white avens - avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers
   belongs to: genus geum, geum - avens

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