Avena
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Avena sativa
See also: avena
Translingual
Etymology
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 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
