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Definition of: avens
(av′inz)
1. Any plant of the genus Geum, of the rose family, as G. urbanum, the yellow avens, or G. rivale, the purple avens.
2. A similar plant of some other genus, as the mountain avens. [<OF avence; of unknown origin]
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