oat

(ōt)

noun

    1. a hardy, widely grown cereal grass (Avena sativa)
    2. the edible grain of this grass
  1. any of various related grasses (genus Avena), esp. the wild oats
  2. 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
  1. 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.
  2. A musical pipe made of an oat straw.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English ote

Origin: , from Old English āte

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