Meaning Of The Word Wild oat

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wild oat in American English
noun: any uncultivated species of Avena, esp. a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat

wild oat in British English
noun: any of several temperate annual grasses of the genus Avena, esp A. fatua, that grow as weeds and have long bristles on their flower spikes

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