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Avena (f)

(with) definite article: la: l’
(the) oat
Zampogna

Name used poetically, though incorrectly, for Zampogna; Actually it was originally used as a metaphor to define an oat-straw played by children.

Sources

Dizionario Italiano-Inglese. Biblioteca di "Repubblica", L’Enciclopedia, vol. 30, Milano, 2004, p.124.