Lewis Short
ăvĭa (noun F) :
* A plant, = senecio or erigeron, groundsel, Col. 6, 14, 3; 6, 14, 6; Veg. Art. Vet. 4, 14, 2; 4, 15, 4; cf. Schneid. ad h. ll.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
ăvĭa | ăva (noun F) : or in late Lat., , , avus
* A grandmother on the father's or the mother's side: Matres duas habet et avias duas,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 34: anus avia,Curt. 3, 11, 25; Vulg. 2 Tim. 1, 5: avia tam paterna quam materna,Dig. 38, 10, 10: Inter avam et neptem tu mediata agas, Ven. Fort. 8, Carm. 18, 8.—Meton., a prejudice, as it were, inherited from a grandmother: dum veteres avias tibi de pulmone revello,old wives' fables,Pers. 5, 92, ubi v. Gildersleeve.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary