MOUNTAIN AVENS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America

Synonyms:

Dryas octopetala; mountain avens

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Nouns denoting plants

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

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("mountain avens" is a member of...):

Dryas; genus Dryas (mountain avens)

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