Oat
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The oat, sometimes called the common oat, is a species of cereal grass grown for fodder and for its seed, which is known by the same name. Oats appear to have been domesticated as a secondary crop, as
Avena Sativa 3
Oat spikelets, containing the small wind-pollinated flowers
Panicle with spikelets containing seeds
1 A. sterilis, 2 A. sativa, spikelet and base of outer grain of both cultivated species
Oatmeal
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Oatmeal is a preparation of oats that have been dehusked, steamed, and flattened, or a coarse flour of hulled oat grains that have either been milled, rolled, or steel-cut. Ground oats are also called
Oat
…vigorously, allowing them to outcompete many weeds, and compared to other cereals are relatively free from diseases. Oats are used for human consumption as oatmeal, including as steel cut oats or rolled oats. Global production is dominated by Canada and Russia; global trade is a small part of production, most of…
Rolled oats (uncooked)
Oatmeal cookies made with oatmeal, flour, sugar and butter
Cooked oat groats
Cooked steel-cut oats