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Avena [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A genus of grasses, including the common oat (Avena sativa); the oat grasses.

Avenaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Belonging to, or partaking of the nature of oats.

Avenaceous [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.

Avenage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A certain quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent or other duty.

Avenage [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.