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WOOD AVENS
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally
Synonyms:
clover-root; cloveroot; Geum urbanum; herb bennet; wood avens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wood avens" is a kind of...):
avens (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)