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MOUNTAIN AVENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain avens mean? 

MOUNTAIN AVENS (noun)
  The noun MOUNTAIN AVENS has 1 sense:

1. creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN AVENS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOUNTAIN AVENS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dryas octopetala; mountain avens

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)


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