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mountain avens

mountain avens noun: an arctic-alpine flowering plant of the species Dryas octopetala.

mountain avens: an arctic-alpine flowering plant of the species Dryas octopetala
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Noun

mountain avens (uncountable)

  1. An arctic-alpine flowering plant of the species Dryas octopetala
    Synonyms:
    eightpetal mountain-avens, white dryas, white dryad

Synonyms of mountain avens

  • eightpetal mountain-avens
  • white dryas
  • white dryad

Questions about mountain avens

What does mountain avens mean?
Mountain avens means an arctic-alpine flowering plant of the species Dryas octopetala.
What part of speech is mountain avens?
Mountain avens is a noun.

Words near mountain avens in the dictionary

  1. mountain antelopes
  2. mountain apple
  3. mountain apples
  4. mountain ash
  5. mountain ashes
  6. mountain avens
  7. mountain avocetbill
  8. mountain avocetbills
  9. Mountain Bay
  10. mountain bearberries
  11. mountain bearberry

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