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  • noun Any of the genus Geum of perennial herbaceous plants.

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Gēum, genus in which avens is classified, from Latin gaeum, gēum, a plant with aromatic roots, perhaps avens, of unknown origin.]

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From the genus name.

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