Groats

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Groats \Groats\, n. pl. [OE. grot, AS. gr[=a]tan; akin to Icel.
     grautr porridge, and to E. gritt, grout. See {Grout}.]
     Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed;
     in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than
     grits.
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     {Embden groats}, crushed oats.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  groats
       n : the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals