wild oats
English
editAlternative forms
editNoun
edit- Oats of non-cultivated species of Avena, a genus of grasses.
- Chasmanthium latifolium, a grass, Indian woodoats
- Species of Uvularia, the bellworts.
- Species of Aegilops, goatgrass.
- (archaic) A rake.
Derived terms
edit- slender wild oats (Avena barbata)
- common wild oats (Avena fatua)
- winter wild oats (Avena sterilis)
- sow one's wild oats
Translations
editnon-cultivated oats
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Chasmanthium latifolium
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Uvularia — see bellwort
Further reading
edit- “wild oats n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present