"oat grass" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oat grasses [plural], oatgrass [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} oat grass (usually uncountable, plural oat grasses)
  1. Any of various grasses resembling oats:
    Arrhenatherum species
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-oat_grass-en-noun-4YNRfgx2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Grasses, Poeae tribe grasses Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 13 22 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 19 19 31 Disambiguation of Grasses: 27 23 22 27 Disambiguation of Poeae tribe grasses: 29 24 11 36
  2. Any of various grasses resembling oats:
    Avenula species
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-oat_grass-en-noun-vDg30VLm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Grasses, Poeae tribe grasses Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 13 22 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 19 19 31 Disambiguation of Grasses: 27 23 22 27 Disambiguation of Poeae tribe grasses: 29 24 11 36
  3. Any of various grasses resembling oats:
    Danthonia californica, California oatgrass
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-oat_grass-en-noun-7ITrrufN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Grasses, Poeae tribe grasses Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 13 22 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 19 19 31 Disambiguation of Grasses: 27 23 22 27 Disambiguation of Poeae tribe grasses: 29 24 11 36
  4. Any of various grasses resembling oats:
    Trisetum species
    Tags: uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-oat_grass-en-noun-gUTrPmnK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Grasses, Poeae tribe grasses Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 18 31 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 13 22 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 19 19 31 Disambiguation of Grasses: 27 23 22 27 Disambiguation of Poeae tribe grasses: 29 24 11 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: black oat grass (taxonomic: Piptochaetium avenaceum)

Inflected forms

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