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wild oat

noun

Meaning

  1. Non-cultivated species of Avena, a genus of grasses.
  2. Chasmanthium latifolium, a grass, Indian woodoats
  3. Species of Uvularia, the bellworts.
  4. Species of Aegilops, goatgrass.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

avena fatua(English)wild oat grass(English)bellwort(English)wildfeed(English)meadowgrass(English)grasspea(English)witch grass(English)woadwaxen(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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