oat

English

/əʊt/

noun
Definitions
  • (uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.
  • (countable) Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.
  • (usually) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.
  • A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English ote inherited from Old English āte (oat) inherited from Proto-Germanic *aitǭ (swelling, gland, nodule) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eyd- (swell).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁eyd-

Gloss

swell

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