Avena

See also: avena

Translingual

Avena sativa

Etymology

From Latin avēna (“oats”)

Proper noun

Avena f

A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – grasses, including the common oat; the oat grasses.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family; Pooideae - subfamily; Aveneae - tribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Avena sativa (common oat) - type species; Avena abyssinica (Ethiopian oat), Avena byzantina, Avena nuda (naked oat or hulless oat), Avena strigos (lopsided oat, bristle oat, black oat) - other cultivated species; Avena barbata (slender wild oat), Avena brevis (short oat), Avena fatua (common wild oat), Avena maroccana (Moroccan oat), Avena occidentalis (western oat), Avena pubescens (downy oat-grass), Avena pratensis (meadow oat-grass), Avena spicata (poverty oat-grass), Avena sterilis (winter wild oat) - wild species

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