purple_avens
1. [ noun ] (botany) North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits
Synonyms: Geum_triflorum prairie_smoke
Related terms: avens
2. [ noun ] (botany) erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and few nodding flowers with brown-purple calyx and orange-pink petals
Synonyms: Indian_chocolate chocolate_root Geum_rivale water_avens
Related terms: avens
Similar spelling:   purple_anise
  purpleness
  purple_pea
  purple_mullein
  purple_sage
  purple_osier
  purple_onion
  purple_cress
  purple_clematis
  purple_orchis
  purple_martin
  purple_clover
  purple_apricot
  purple_sanicle
  purple_passage
  purple_boneset
  purple_loco
  purple_grackle
  purple_bacteria
  purple_silkweed
  purple_amaranth
  purple_heart
  purple_beech
  purple_finch