AVENS Definition & Meaning

avens

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noun

plural avens.

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

avens

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noun

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
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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of avens¹

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

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of avens¹

C15: from Old French avence, from Medieval Latin avencia variety of clover

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Spreading avens can withstand harsh snow and ice, but the changing climate has dried the air to the point that the flowers don’t receive enough moisture.

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Marsh sedge grew there, pink, sweet-scented valerian and the drooping water avens.

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Across the parking lot were bluebells, cottony willow plants, white-flowered Labrador tea, mountain avens and blue forget-me-nots.

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Listed as threatened by the state, the White Mountain avens, native to the Presidential Range and Franconia Notch, has been put at risk by factors that include trampling by hikers and hotel development.

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The herbs used for jouutes are “borage, violet, mallows, parsley, young worts, beet, avens, buglos and orach”; and it is recommended to use two or three marrow bones in making the broth.

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