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 Meaning of AVENA
|  WordNet Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | [n]  oats |  |  |  |  | Websites: |  |  |  |  |  |  | Synonyms: |  | genus Avena |  |  |  |  | See Also: |  | family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae, Graminaceae, Gramineae, grass family, oat, plant genus, Poaceae |  |     |  |  Webster's 1913 Dictionary |  |  |  |  | Definition: |  | \A*ve"na\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A genus of grasses, including the common oat ({Avena
sativa}); the oat grasses.
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