wild oat

/waɪld oʊt/
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Other forms: wild oats

Definitions of wild oat
  1. noun
    common in meadows and pastures
    synonyms: Avena fatua, wild oat grass
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    type of:
    oat
    annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
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