Acaena

Translingual

Acaena elongata

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)

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