sea oats

sea oat

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [see oht]
- /si oʊt/
- /siː əʊts/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [see oht]
- /si oʊt/

Definition of sea oats words

noun sea oats a tall grass, Uniola paniculata, of coastal areas of southeastern North America, having as its inflorescence a densely crowded panicle, used to control sand erosion. 1

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Origin of sea oats

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

1890-95; Americanism

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Parts of speech for Sea oats

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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sea oats popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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