yellow avens

1. 1.

   hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America

   SynonymsGeum macrophyllum

   Broaderavens
2. 2.

   erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America

   SynonymsGeum alleppicum strictumGeum strictum

   Broaderavens

Questions about yellow avens

What does yellow avens mean?

yellow avens means "hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for yellow avens?

Close synonyms include Geum macrophyllum, Geum alleppicum strictum, Geum strictum. 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 yellow avens a common word?

yellow 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.