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avens

WordNet
  1. (n) avens
    any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. avens
    ăv"ĕnz (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.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) avens
    The popular English name of species of plants of the genus Geum. The common or yellow avens, or herbbennet, is G. urbanum; the purple or water avens, G. rivale.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Avens
    ā′vens popular name of two species of Geum—the herb bennet (once used to flavour ale) and the sub-alpine mountain-avens.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OF. avence,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary Fr.

Usage in the news

THE tiny Breton village of Pont-Aven, now synonymous with the post-Impressionist school of French painting that formed around Paul Gauguin before he left for Tahiti, might have remained obscure if not for the tides. nytimes.com

Annaig, who conducts short guided tours for the town tourist office on the square, showed us how to walk to the Bois d'Amour on the banks of the Aven, where Serusier painted his "Talisman" under Gauguin's direction. nytimes.com

When the Giovannone brothers obtained a permit to demolish a Victorian house in Roxborough, it's unlikely they expected a phone campaign, hundreds of concerned citizens, and protests outside the Ridge Avene home. philly.com

Four men from Avenal were killed in a violent accident Monday morning on Interstate Five. abclocal.go.com

I read with great pleasure Craig R Whitney's recent article on Pont -Aven, "A Backwater That Inspired Art" (May 23). nytimes.com

Ramirez started boxing in a small gym in Avenal. ksee24.com

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives arrested the caretaker of a murdered Port Charlotte man found buried in a grave alongside his home at 161 Avens St. Back to Article. gasparillagazette.com

Faulkner, Austin and Kori (Moore), Frankfort, a boy, Charles Aven, 8 pounds, 6 ounces, at 1:24 am March 7, 2012. kokomotribune.com

Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man and the stabbing of two friends in Avenal early Sunday morning. fresnobee.com

It sounds like a small thing to a free person, but merely getting a hat and the permission to wear it to protect his scalp from recurring skin cancer is an ongoing issue for Jon Andreas, who transferred to Avenal State Prison in March 2009. scpr.org

Avenal State Prison, near Fresno, is first facility to make change. kcra.com

Cellphones confiscated in Avenal State Prison. kcra.com

At IMTS 2012, Aven Inc offers its auto-focus Mighty Scope . mmsonline.com

Aven's auto-focus Mighty Scope is equipped with a 2-megapixel CMOS sensor, four bright-white intensity controllable LED lights and three focusing options. mmsonline.com

H aven't heard enough Quicksilver Messenger Service lately. bohemian.com

Usage in scientific papers

We hope to explore this aven ue in a future paper.
Stellar distances from spectroscopic observations: a new technique

Usage in literature

We refer to his new readings as being from 'D'Avenant's version. "The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.]" by William Shakespeare

The warehouse had been erected on the site of the Duke's Theatre, which was built by D'Avenant in 1660. "A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles" by Sidney Lee

You've seen my ship, 'aven't you, lying to moorings? "The U-boat hunters" by James B. Connolly

An' now he'll lay fer a chanst to git aven. "The Promise" by James B. Hendryx

I 'AVEN'T SEEN YOU TO SPEAK TO FOR AGES. "Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914" by Various

If you 'aven't got no uniform, your number's up for lead pills, an' don't you forget it. "The Message" by Alec John Dawson

The Man-o'-War's 'er 'usband, an' 'e always keeps beside; But, oh, the little cargo-boats that 'aven't any man! "The Seven Seas" by Rudyard Kipling

As I 'aven't, say wot you'll drink? "The Dop Doctor" by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

Well, you 'aven't committed a murder. "The Dust Flower" by Basil King

I've 'alf a mind to put up one for you to-night myself, blowed if I 'aven't. "The Missionary" by George Griffith

Usage in poetry
"Well, wotchadoinow?" sizzi,
Alludin' to 'is work.
"I aven gotakop," sezee,
"At presen'. Wot's your lurk?"
I've lorst me former joy in gettin' shick,
Or 'eadin' browns; I 'aven't got the 'eart
To word a tom; an' square an' all, I'm sick
Of that cheap tart
'Oo chucks 'er carcis at a feller's 'head
An' mauls 'im… Ar! I wish't that I wus dead!…