Where does “avenaceous” come from?

avenaceous (English) comes from Latin avena — oats; wild oats; straw.

avenaceous (English): Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat...

Definitions

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

Ancestry of “avenaceous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinavenaoats; wild oats; straw
Every word from Latin avena
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