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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

plant, flora, plant life go
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

vascular plant, tracheophyte go
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

herb, herbaceous plant go
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem

gramineous plant, graminaceous plant go
cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves

grass go
narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns

cereal, cereal grass go
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat

oat
annual grass of Europe and North Africa

noun.plant

4 Subcategories

cereal oat, Avena sativa go
widely cultivated in temperate regions for its edible grains
wild oat, wild oat grass, Avena fatua go
common in meadows and pastures
slender wild oat, Avena barbata go
oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia
wild red oat, animated oat, Avene sterilis go
Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat