| NOUN | plant | oat | annual grass of Europe and North Africa |
|---|---|---|---|
| food | oat | seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as 'oats') |
| Sounds | ow't | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | afloat ... zygote: 61 rhymes with owt... | |
| Meaning | annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: 'oats'). | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Avena, genus Avena | oats |
| Narrower | cereal oat, Avena sativa | Widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains |
| slender wild oat, Avena barbata | oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia | |
| wild oat, wild oat grass, Avena fatua | Common in meadows and pastures | |
| wild red oat, animated oat, Avene sterilis | Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat | |
| Broader | cereal, cereal grass | grass whose starchy grains are used as food |
| Spanish | avena, avena sativa | |
| Catalan | avena, civada | |
| Meaning | seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as 'oats'). | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of | cereal oat, Avena sativa | Widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains |
| Broader | grain, food grain, cereal | foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses |
| Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
| Spanish | avena | |
| Catalan | avena | |
| Adjectives | oaten | of or related to or derived from oats |
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