avena

Definitions of avena
  1. noun
    the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals
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    type of:
    cereal
    foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
  2. noun
    seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats')
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    type of:
    cereal
    foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
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