In singular and plural. Chiefly with distinguishing word: any of various wild grasses related to or resembling the cultivated oat; esp. the wild oat…
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释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants perceived as weeds or harmful plants > weed > [noun] > wild oat (7) oateOE In singular and plural. Chiefly with distinguishing word: any of various wild grasses related to or resembling the cultivated oat; esp. the wild oat… wild oat?a1500 A tall grass with long twisted awns, Avena fatua, resembling the cultivated oat (of which it is perhaps the wild original), a frequent weed in… haver1684 Wild oats (Avena fatua). Tartary oat1790 a wild oat, Avena fatua, which has a loose inflorescence. onion twitch1875 = onion couch n. onion couch1880 a false oat grass of the variety Arrhenatherum elatius var. bulbosum, with bulb-like swollen basal internodes, occurring as a weed of arable land. onion grass1880 English regional. = onion couch n. at onion, n.1 compounds 2. Obsolete. rare. |
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