AVENA SATIVA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Avena sativa mean? 

• AVENA SATIVA (noun)
  The noun AVENA SATIVA has 1 sense:

1. widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains

  Familiarity information: AVENA SATIVA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AVENA SATIVA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Avena sativa; cereal oat

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "Avena sativa"):

oat (seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as 'oats'))