white avens

1. 1.

   avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers

   SynonymsbennetGeum virginianum

   Broaderavens
2. 2.

   North American white-flowered avens

   SynonymsbennetGeum canadense

   Broaderavens

Questions about white avens

What does white avens mean?

white avens means "avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for white avens?

Close synonyms include bennet, Geum virginianum, bennet, Geum canadense. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white avens a common word?

white avens is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.