winter oats

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. oats that are planted in the autumn to be harvested in the spring or early summer.

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Example Sentences

Cover crops, also called green manure, include grains such as winter oats and cereal rye.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2021

In 2002, M Plus farmed 1,600 acres of corn, 416 acres of cotton and 108 acres of soybeans double-cropped behind winter oats.

From Time Magazine Archive

It should also, usually, be sown alone for soiling crops and for hay, but in some instances for both uses it may be sown with such crops as winter oats or winter vetches.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

The best nurse crops in the South include winter rye, winter barley and winter oats, even though the seed should not be sown on them until the spring.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

For pasture, crimson clover is sometimes sown with rape, winter rye, winter oats, the common vetch or the sand vetch.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas