Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun avena_sativa
1 sense of avena sativa
Sense 1
cereal oat, Avena sativa -- (widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains)
=> oat -- (annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats'))