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GEUM , in See also:botany, a genus of See also:hardy perennial herbs (natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Rosaceae) containing about See also:thirty See also:species, widely distributed in temperate and See also:arctic regions. The erect flowering shoots See also:spring from a cluster of See also:radical leaves, which are deeply cut or lobed, the largest See also:division being at the See also:top of the See also:leaf. The See also:flowers are See also:borne singly on See also:long stalks at the end of the See also:stem or its branches. They are See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white, yellow or red in See also:colour, and shallowly See also:cup-shaped. The See also:fruit consists of a number of dry achenes, each of which bears a See also:hook formed from the persistent See also:lower portion of the See also:style, and admirably adapted for ensuring See also:distribution. Two species occur in See also:Britain under the popular name " avens." G. urbanum is a very See also:common hedge-See also:bank plant with small yellow flowers; G. rivale (See also:water avens) is a rarer plant found by streams, and has larger yellow flowers an See also:inch or more across. The species are easy to cultivate and well adapted for See also:borders or the See also:rock-See also:garden. They are propagated by seeds or by division. The most popular garden species are G. chiloense and its varieties, G. coccineum and G. montanum.
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