Oat (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats').

Classification

Nouns denoting plants.

Hypernyms

• Cereal Grass

Hyponyms

• Animated Oat
• Avena Sativa
• Avena Barbata
• Wild Oat Grass
• Avene Sterilis
• Avena Fatua

Meaning ²

Seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats').

Classification

Nouns denoting foods and drinks.

Usages

• Plural Form

Hypernyms

• Food Grain
• Cereal