cultivated oat

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• Oat — ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Oat fowl — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Oat grass — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• oat — ► NOUN ▪ a cereal plant with a loose branched cluster of florets, cultivated in cool climates. ● feel one s oats Cf. ↑feel one s oats ● get one s oats Cf. ↑get one s oats ● sow one s wild oats Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

• Oat — This article is about the common cereal. For other uses, see Oat (disambiguation). Oats redirects here. It may mean either the common cereal oat discussed here, or any cultivated or wild species of the genus Avena. Oat Oat plants with in …   Wikipedia

• oat — noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ote, from Old English āte Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of several grasses (genus Avena); especially a widely cultivated cereal grass (A. sativa) b. a crop or plot of the oat; also the …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• oat — oatlike, adj. /oht/, n. 1. a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible seed. 2. Usually, oats. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) the seed of this plant, used as a food for humans and animals. 3. any of several plants of the same genus, as …   Universalium

• oat — n. 1 a a cereal plant, Avena sativa, cultivated in cool climates. b (in pl.) the grain yielded by this, used as food. 2 any other cereal of the genus Avena, esp. the wild oat, A. fatua. 3 poet. the oat stem used as a musical pipe by shepherds etc …   Useful english dictionary

• oat — noun /əʊt/ a) A widely cultivated cereal grass, Avena sativa. The oat stalks made good straw. b) Any of several similar grain plants. The wild red oat is thought to be the ancestor of modern food oats …   Wiktionary

• oat — (ōt), n. 1) pln a cereal grass, Avena sativa, cultivated for its edible grain 2) pln Usu., oats. the grain of this plant 3) pln any of several other plants of the genus Avena, as the wild oat 4) archaic a musical pipe made of an oat straw • feel… …   From formal English to slang

• oat — əʊt n. cereal grass cultivated for its seed; seed of the oat plant, oats …   English contemporary dictionary