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Meaning of oats

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

oats

Pronunciation:/ˈəʊts//ˈoʊts/

noun

Definitions

  1. Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

    Example: The main forms of oat are meal and bran.

  2. Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.

    Example: The wild red oat is thought to be the ancestor of modern food oats.

  3. (usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.

  4. A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.

noun

Definitions

  1. A mass of oat plants (genus Avena, especially Avena sativa).

    Example: Oats are in the north corner of the farm.

  2. Seeds of an oat plant, especially prepared as food.

    Example: Oats are good for you.