OVIEDA, a genus of the angiosperma order, belonging to the didynamia class of plants; and in the natural method ranking under the 40th order, Peronaria. See Botany Index.

OVIEDO, a town of Spain, and capital of Asturias d'OViedo, with a bishop's see, and an university; and containing about 7500 inhabitants. It is seated at the the confluence of the rivers Ove and Deva, which form the Asta, 50 miles north-west of Leon, and 208 north- west of Madrid. W. Long. 5° 47'. N. Lat. 43° 23'.