Avena

A`ve´na

n.

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(Bot.) A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.

Thesaurus

Noun

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Avena - oats                                 genus Avena plant genus - a genus of plants family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, Poaceae - the grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane oat - annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')