Definition of Avena barbata

1. Noun. Oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia.

Exact synonyms: Slender Wild Oat
Generic synonyms: Oat

Lexicographical Neighbors of Avena Barbata

Ava
Avahi
Avahi laniger
Avalogoli
Avalokiteshvara
Avalokitesvara
Avalon
Avar
Avaric
Avars
Avator
Ave Maria
Avellino
Avellis
Avellis' syndrome
Avena barbata
Avena fatua
Avena sativa
Avene sterilis
Aventine
Aventines
Averell Harriman
Averil
Avernal
Averni
Avernian
Avernus
Averrhoa
Averrhoa bilimbi
Averrhoa carambola

Literary usage of Avena barbata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1906)
"avena barbata; bundle from a young stem imm above insertion of the leaf-sheath, showing cambium. X150. ..."

2. Wild Land Shrub and Arid Land Restoration Symposium: Proceedings edited by Bruce A. Roundy, E. Durant McArthur, Jennifer S. Hayley, David K. Mann (1996)
"For example, avena barbata is an annual plant in California introduced primarily in the past 100 years. It shows significant genetic differentiation both in ..."

3. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1914)
"... OAT B The type (avena barbata). It has given rise to a. number of cultivated forms which seem especially adapted to dry regions. ..."

4. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1919)
"avena barbata Brot. Frequent along the SP tracks south of Salem—probably a recent introduction (X). 38. * Avena saliva, L. A very common escape along ..."

5. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"... of wild oat is avena barbata Brot. This differs from the other species mentioned above in having more slender panicle branches, and in having the teeth ..."

6. Journal of a Tour in Marocco and the Great Atlas by Joseph Dalton Hooker, John Ball, George Maw (1878)
"... but mostly dried up, and here and there occurred tufts of a meagre variety of avena barbata. More interesting than these were a diminutive annual ..."

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