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Perennial herb
Answer for the clue "Perennial herb ", 4 letters:
geum
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Geum , commonly called avens , is a genus of about 50 species of rhizomatous perennial herbaceous plants in the rose family , widespread across Europe, Asia, North and South America, Africa, and New Zealand. They are closely related to Potentilla and Fragaria ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of the genus (taxlink Geum genus noshow=1) of perennial herbaceous plants.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Geum \Geum\ n. (Bot.), A genus of plants of the rose family comprising the avens. Syn: genus Geum .
Usage examples of geum.
They pushed up against each other in the darkness, infants began whimpering and Geum started to complain again.
Felldoh had delivered Geum and hopped back down without using the ropes.
Although our native species are not striking enough to be made use of by the horticulturist, there are many garden varieties of Geum which are easily grown in fairly rich, loamy soil and are mostly propagated by dividing the roots in early autumn or in spring as growth commences.