Acaena

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Translingual

Acaena elongata

Acaena magellanica

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).^[1]

Pronunciation

English:
- (US) IPA^(key): /əˈsi.nə/
- Rhymes: -iːnə

Proper noun

Acaena f

A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – herbs and shrubs native to southern temperate zones.

Synonyms

(New Zealand) New Zealand burs, bidibids

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Rosales – order; Rosaceae - family; Rosoideae - subfamily; Sanguisorbeae - tribe; Sanguisorbinae - subtribe

Hyponyms

(genus): Acaena elongata - type species

References

Acaena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acaena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Acaena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Acaena at Germplasm Resources Information Network

^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 , →ISBN)

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