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Avena   /ɑvˈeɪnə/   Listen
Avena

noun
1.
Oats.  Synonym: genus Avena.



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"Avena" Quotes from Famous Books



... The plan was suggested by Sydney Smith, at a meeting of literati, in the fourth or fifth flat or story, in Buccleugh-place, Edinburgh, then the elevated lodging of Jeffrey. The motto humorously proposed for the new review by its projector was, "Tenui musam meditamur avena,"—i.e., "We cultivate literature upon a little oatmeal;" but this being too nearly the truth to be publicly acknowledged, the more grave dictum of "Judex damnatur cum nocens absolvitur" was ...
— Books and Authors - Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches • Anonymous



Words linked to "Avena" :   Avena barbata, plant genus, oat, Graminaceae, family Poaceae, family Gramineae, Gramineae, Poaceae, grass family, family Graminaceae



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