1. Coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
   "false oat can grow to over five feet in height";
   - tall oat grass, tall meadow grass, evergreen grass, French rye, Arrhenatherum elatius

Derived forms: false oats

Type of: grass

Part of: Arrhenatherum, genus Arrhenatherum