wild oats
English
Alternative forms
Noun
- 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
Translations
non-cultivated oats
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Chasmanthium latifolium
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Uvularia — see bellwort
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2024) “wild oats n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
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