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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally;
[syn: herb bennet, cloveroot, clover-root, wood avens, Geum urbanum]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bennet \Ben"net\, n. [F. beno[^i]te, fr. L. benedicta, fem. of benedictus, p. p., blessed. See Benedict, a.] (Bot.) The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

cloveroot \cloveroot\ n. a hairy Eurasian plant (Geum urbanum) with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally. Syn: herb bennet, wood avens, Geum urbanum. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Geum urbanum n 1: hairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally [syn: herb bennet, cloveroot, clover-root, wood avens, Geum urbanum]