oat-grass

  • 1Oat grass — Oat Oat ([=o]t), n.; pl. {Oats} ([=o]ts). [OE. ote, ate, AS. [=a]ta, akin to Fries. oat. Of uncertain origin.] 1. (Bot.) A well known cereal grass ({Avena sativa}), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; commonly used in the plural and in …

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  • 2oat grass — oat′ grass n. bot (boi pln) any of several grasses of the genus Arrhenatherum or Danthonia having a purplish green flowering panicle • Etymology: 1570–80 …

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  • 3oat grass — n. any of various oatlike grasses; esp., any of several grasses (genera Arrhenatherum and Danthonia) growing on hillsides and in woods …

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  • 4oat grass — noun 1. : wild oat 1a 2. : one of several grasses of the genera Danthoina and Trisetum 3. a. Australia : ulla grass …

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  • 5oat grass — any of several grasses of the genus Arrhenatherum or Danthonia, esp. A. elatius, native to Europe, having a purplish green flowering panicle. [1570 80] * * * ▪ plant       any of the perennial plants of two genera of grasses, Arrhenatherum and… …

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  • 6oat grass — avižuolė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Miglinių (Poacecae) šeimos augalų gentis (Arrhenatherum). atitikmenys: lot. Arrhenatherum angl. oat grass vok. Glatthafer rus. райграс; райграс французкий lenk. żyźnica; owsik; rajgras …

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  • 7oat grass — noun a wild grass which resembles the oat. [Avenula and other genera.] …

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  • 8oat grass — noun Date: 1578 wild oat 1a; broadly any of several grasses resembling the oat …

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  • 9oat grass — noun One of the various Eurasian and African grasses Arrhenatherum and Danthonia …

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  • 10Blue oat grass — Taxobox name = Blue oat grass image width = 220px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae subfamilia = Pooideae tribus = Aveneae genus = Helictotrichon species = H. sempervirens binomial =… …

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