Oat vs. Wheat

Oatnoun

(uncountable) Widely cultivated cereal grass, typically Avena sativa.

Oatnoun

(countable) Any of the numerous species, varieties, or cultivars of any of several similar grain plants in genus Avena.

Oatnoun

The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop.

Oatnoun

A simple musical pipe made of oat-straw.

Oatnoun

A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible grain, used as food and fodder; - commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.

Oatnoun

A musical pipe made of oat straw.

Oatnoun

annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')

Oatnoun

seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats')

Oatnoun

an Old World cereal plant with a loose, branched cluster of florets, cultivated in cool climates and widely used for animal feed.

Oatnoun

the grain yielded by the oat plant, used as food

Oatnoun

used in names of wild grasses related to the cultivated oat, e.g. wild oat.

Oatnoun

an oat stem used as a musical pipe by shepherds, especially in pastoral or bucolic poetry.

Oat

The oat (Avena sativa), sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name (usually in the plural, unlike other cereals and pseudocereals). While oats are suitable for human consumption as oatmeal and rolled oats, one of the most common uses is as livestock feed.

Wheatnoun

(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

Wheatnoun

(uncountable) A light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Wheatadjective

Wheaten, of a light brown colour, like that of wheat.

Wheatnoun

A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the human race.

Wheatnoun

annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

Wheatnoun

grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour

Wheatnoun

a cereal which is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc.

Wheatnoun

the grain of wheat.

Wheat

Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat (T. aestivum).