əˈvēnə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, oats; akin to Lithuanian aviža oats, Russian oves
: a genus of widely distributed grasses (family Gramineae) having a loosely paniculate inflorescence, lemmas 2-toothed and usually awned near the apex, and deeply furrowed grains enclosed in the glumes and sometimes adherent to them — see oat