| 单词 | grey oat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrey oat grey oat n. now historical a cultivated variety of oat with a greyish hull; esp. a variety of the European wild oat, Avena strigosa, cultivated chiefly in Scotland; cf. Scotch grey n. (b) at Scotch adj. and n.3 Compounds 4. ΚΠ 1730 G. Rye Considerations Agric. xiv. 63 The wild Grey Oat with Spires, is very common, and I believe is a degenerated Oat from Poverty of Ground, it being difficult to keep the Black Oat free from them. 1806 P. Neill Tour Orkney & Shetl. 14 The former [sc. A. strigosa] is known, in Orkney and in Shetland by the name of black oats, (sometimes grey oats), and is easily distinguished by its numerous awns. 1917 Times 12 Nov. 3/2 White or grey oats are being substituted for black, as the latter suffered more severely from frost last winter. 1983 BioScience 33 101/3 The principal crops, a barley known as bere and grey oats, were relatively primitive strains, better able to resist rain and wind than more advanced varieties. < as lemmas |
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