Usually means: Seed of a grass species.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. wild oat: Merriam-Webster
  2. wild oat: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wild oat: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. wild oat: Collins English Dictionary
  5. wild oat: Vocabulary.com
  6. wild oat: Wordnik
  7. wild oat: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. wild oat: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. wild oat: Dictionary.com
  10. wild oat: Rhymezone
  11. wild oat: FreeDictionary.org
  12. wild oat: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. wild oat: Mnemonic Dictionary

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  1. Wild Oat: Health & Beauty Glossary

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  1. Wild Oat: Beauty & Health Glossary

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Definitions from WordNet (wild oat)

▸ noun:  common in meadows and pastures

Similar:
Avena fatua, wild oat grass, wildfeed, meadowgrass, grasspea, witch grass, woadwaxen, lovegrass, grass-pea, woadwax, more...

Opposite:
tame oat, cultivated oat, domesticated oat

Phrases:
wild red oat, slender wild oat, wild oat grass, more...

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Similar:
Avena fatua, wild oat grass, wildfeed, meadowgrass, grasspea, witch grass, woadwaxen, lovegrass, grass-pea, woadwax, more...

Opposite:
tame oat, cultivated oat, domesticated oat

Phrases:
wild red oat, slender wild oat, wild oat grass, more...



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