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GENUS AVENA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Oats

Synonyms:

Avena; genus Avena

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Avena" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "genus Avena"):

oat (annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: 'oats'))

Holonyms ("genus Avena" is a member of...):

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)

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