PURPLE AVENS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple avens mean? 

• PURPLE AVENS (noun)
  The noun PURPLE AVENS has 2 senses:

1. North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits
2. erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals

  Familiarity information: PURPLE AVENS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURPLE AVENS (noun)

Meaning:

North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Geum triflorum; prairie smoke; purple avens

Hypernyms ("purple avens" is a kind of...):

avens (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)

Meaning:

Erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chocolate root; Geum rivale; Indian chocolate; water avens; purple avens

Hypernyms ("purple avens" is a kind of...):

avens (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)