yellow avens

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Definition of yellow avens in English English dictionary

erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America

hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America

erect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America hairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America

Hyphenation

yel·low av·ens

Etymology

[ 'ye-(")lO, dial 'ye-l&a ] (adjective.) before 12th century. Middle English yelwe, yelow, from Old English geolu; akin to Old High German gelo yellow, Latin helvus light bay, Greek chlOros greenish yellow, Sanskrit hari yellowish.