Crossword clues for avens
avens
The Collaborative International Dictionary
avens \av"ens\ ([a^]v"[e^]nz), n.; pl. avens. [OF. avence.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Geum, of the rose family, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet. They may bear red, yellow, or white flowers.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A plant of the genus (taxlink Geum genus noshow=1), especially (taxlink Geum urbanum species noshow=1), or herb bennet. 2 A plant of the genus ''Dryas''.
WordNet
n. any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
Wikipedia
Avens may refer to:
Usage examples of "avens".
By the time we drove off the avens and replenished the frontlines, Trost and his men were dead.
The flowers of the tundra opened: white mountain avens, yellow poppies, white heather, crimson, yellow, red, white and purple saxifrage, lousewort, pink primulas, even the orange marigolds.
Since the destruction of the Northern Order, it was a rarity to see nomads and avens fighting side by side.
Each bolt traveled with a will, seeking avens in the air and warriors on the ground.
Also meadow-sweet, meadow-rue, and comfrey of every shade of purple, the water avens and forget-me-not, also that loveliest plant the bog-bean, with trefoil leaves and feathery blossoms.
There were bright purple saxifrages, and mountain avens and cushions of moss campion studded with tiny white blossoms.
Marsh sedge grew there, pink, sweet-scented valerian and the drooping water avens.
Goldy Star of the Earth, City Avens, Wild Rye and Way Bennet are other local names for the plant.