GENUS AVENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Avena mean? 

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

1. oats

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS AVENA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Avena; genus Avena

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)