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MOUNTAIN AVENS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America
Synonyms:
Dryas octopetala; mountain avens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mountain avens" is a kind of...):
subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)
Holonyms ("mountain avens" is a member of...):
Dryas; genus Dryas (mountain avens)