Meaning

1 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)Avena sterilis, a species of grass weed with edible seeds.

More definitions
  • Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat

Translations

1 languages

Origin

So called because its spikelets can move in response to moisture.

So called because its spikelets can move in response to moisture.

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Forms

plural: animated oats
Singularanimated oat

uncountable

Synonyms

5 synonyms
sterile oatwild oatwild red oatwinter wild oat
Close in meaning

See also

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