oat
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1. seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats') (noun.food)
hypernym | : | cereal, food grain, grain, |
definition | : | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses (noun.food) |
part meronym | : | avena sativa, cereal oat, |
definition | : | widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains (noun.plant) |
domain usage | : | plural, plural form, |
definition | : | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one (noun.communication) |
2. annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats') (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | cereal, cereal grass, |
definition | : | grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | avena sativa, cereal oat, |
definition | : | widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains (noun.plant) |
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