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CEREAL OAT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains
Synonyms:
Avena sativa; cereal oat
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cereal oat" is a kind of...):
oat (annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: 'oats'))
Meronyms (parts of "cereal oat"):
oat (seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as 'oats'))