purple avens
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Related to purple avens: Geum rivale, water avens
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| Noun | 1. |  purple avens - North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruitsavens - any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers |
| 2. |  purple avens - erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petalsavens - any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers |