AVENACEA

(Lat.), n. n. pl. A*(a3)-ve?n(we?n)-a(a3)'se"(ke?)-as. Of Trinius, a tribe of gramineous plants including Avena, Avia, Trisetum, and two or three other genera. [B, 170.] AVENACEÆ (Lat.), n. f. pl. A*(a3)-ve?n(we?n)-a(a3)'se?(ke?)-?-e?), Fr., avénacées. Ger., Avenaceen. It., avenacee. Of Kunth and others, a tribe (family, order, or division) of gramineous plants including Anthoxanthum, Deyewria, Aira, Avena, Holcus, and other genera having spikelets containing 2 or many flowers (one terminal and usually sterile), 2 glumes, and 2 me man a ceo herbaceous pales, the inferior glume being usually provided with a dorsal (often twisted) awn. [B, 121.]