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groats (grōts)

plural noun

hulled, or hulled and coarsely cracked, grain, esp. wheat, buckwheat, oats, or barley

Etymology: ME grotes < OE grotan, pl.: for IE base see grit

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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