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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

benoîte

, fr. L.

benedicta

, fem. of

benedictus

, p. p., blessed. See

Adj.

]

(Bot.)

The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (

Geum urbanum

); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.

Noun.

The herb bennet, or avens, known in botany by the generic term Geum.

FISH,

Noun.

A fish of two feet in length, caught in the African seas, having scales of a deep purple, streaked with gold.