Acaena
Translingual
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Acaena elongata
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Acaena magellanica
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈsi.nə/
- Rhymes: -iːnə
Proper noun
Acaena f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rosaceae – herbs and shrubs native to southern temperate zones.
Synonyms
- (New Zealand) New Zealand burs, bidibids
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Rosales - order; Rosaceae - family; Rosoideae - subfamily; Sanguisorbeae - tribe; Sanguisorbinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Acaena elongata - type species
References
Acaena on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Acaena on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Acaena on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Acaena at Germplasm Resources Information Network
- Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)