oat
(ōt)
noun
- a hardy, widely grown cereal grass (Avena sativa)
- the edible grain of this grass
- any of various related grasses (genus Avena), esp. the wild oats
- Obsolete a simple musical pipe made of an oat stalk
Origin: ME ote < OE ate: not found in other Gmc languages: prob. < IE base *oid-, to swell > Russ jádrica, groats
See oat in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- often oats (used with a sing. or pl. verb)a. Any of various grasses of the genus Avena, especially A. sativa, widely cultivated for their edible grains.b. The grain of any of these plants, used as food and fodder.
- A musical pipe made of an oat straw.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English ote
Origin: , from Old English āte
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