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    GENUS AVENA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Oatsplay

    Synonyms:

    Avena; genus Avena

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    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)

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