Bennet

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Noun

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ben=net

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Bennet has 2 senses

bennet(n = noun.plant) geum virginianum, white avens - avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers;

is a kind of avens

bennet(n = noun.plant) geum canadense, white avens - North American white-flowered avens;

is a kind of avens

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Bennet, n. [F. benoîte, fr. L. benedicta, fem. of benedictus, p. p., blessed. See Benedict, a.].

The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc. [1913 Webster]