Acaena
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄκαινα (ákaina, “spike”), from ἀκή (akḗ, “point”).[1]
Pronunciation
- English:
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈsi.nə/
- Rhymes: -iːnə
Proper noun
Acaena f
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
- Category: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)