Wild Oat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. any uncultivated species of Avena, especially a common weedy grass, A. fatua, resembling the cultivated oat.
  2. a hardy plant, Uvularia sessilifolia, of the lily family, of eastern North America, having deep green, hairy leaves and greenish-yellow, tubular flowers.
Idioms
  1. to have a youthful fling at reckless and indiscreet behavior, especially to be promiscuous before marriage.
noun
  1. 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
Wild Oat (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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