Translingual

Geum urbanum

Proper noun

Geum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – the avens, low, flowering plants of nearly worldwide distrubution.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Rosoideae - subfamily; Colurieae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Geum urbanum - type species; for the numerous species see Geum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia .

English

Noun

geum ‎(plural geums)

1. Any of the genus Geum of perennial herbaceous plants.
   • 2009 August 13, Anne Raver, “A Tapestry of Color, Unfolding All Year”, in New York Times:

     The circles, which were ablaze with daffodils this spring, are now afloat with airy geum, cosmos, acidanthera and dahlias.