Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun purple_avens

2 senses of purple avens

Sense 1
prairie smoke, purple avens, Geum triflorum -- (North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits)
       => avens -- (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)

Sense 2
water avens, Indian chocolate, purple avens, chocolate root, Geum rivale -- (erect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals)
       => avens -- (any of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers)