fatuoidn.
/ˈfatjuːɔɪd/ A variant form of cultivated oat, partially resembling the wild oat ( Avena fatua).
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oateOE
purr oats1578
skeg1598
Polish oat1669
Poland oat1683
Poland1692
potato oats1801
swine-oat1819
fatuoid1922
1922 C. V. B. Marquand in Bull. Welsh Plant Breeding Station C. ii. 4 (heading) The ‘wild base’ type, or ‘Fatuoid~mutation’ of Cultivated Varieties.
1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Oct. 894/4 Fatuoids are forms resembling the wild oat that appear occasionally in cultivated varieties of oat.
1957 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 665/1 Fatuoids or false wild oats have been observed in nearly all cultivated varieties. Fatuoid kernels also drop to the ground as in the case of wild oats.
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