| 单词 | animated oat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasanimated oat animated oat n. a Mediterranean oat, Avena sterilis, having hygroscopic hairy husks which may spontaneously twist in a lifelike manner once detached from the stalk; usually in plural (with plural or singular agreement).Cf. animal oat n. at animal n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1797 M. E. Jackson Bot. Dialogues ii. 301 If placed on a table, after having been moistened in water, they twist themselves about with so much appearance of life, that the plant has been called the animated oat. 1861 W. H. Brewer Let. 4 June in Up & down Calif. (2003) 113 Thousands of acres of these lower hills are covered with wild oats... These are the ‘live oats’ or ‘animated oats’, sometimes cultivated at home. 1954 C. E. Hubbard Grasses 215 Avena sterilis L., ‘Animated Oats’, is occasionally introduced and sometimes cultivated for ornament. 1980 Weed Sci. 28 457/2 Animated oats..is particularly interesting because until 10 to 15 yr ago, it was found mainly on uncultivated land, but it now has..become a primary weed problem. < as lemmas |
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