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WILD RED OAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wild red oat mean?
• WILD RED OAT (noun)
The noun WILD RED OAT has 1 sense:
1. Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat
Familiarity information: WILD RED OAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
animated oat; Avene sterilis; wild red oat
Hypernyms ("wild red oat" is a kind of...):
oat (annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: 'oats'))
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