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AVENA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oats
Synonyms:
Avena; genus Avena
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Avena" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Avena"):
oat (annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: 'oats'))
Holonyms ("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)
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