Avena

See also: avena

Translingual

Avena sativa

Etymology

From Latin avēna (“oats”).

Proper noun

Avena f

1. 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 strigosa (lopsided oat, bristle oat, black oat) - other cultivated species; Avena barbata (slender wild oat), Avena brevis (short oat), Avena fatua (spring wild oat, 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

References

• Avena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Avena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Avena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons