groats

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

groats
    n 1: the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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