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Noun: wild oats
  1. Any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
    "The wild oats' delicate yellow blossoms swayed in the gentle breeze";
    - bellwort, merry bells
Noun: wild oat  wI(-u)ld owt
  1. Common in meadows and pastures
    "Wild oat spreads rapidly through agricultural fields"; "wild oat grass spreads rapidly through agricultural fields";
    - wild oat grass, Avena fatua

Type of: flower, oat

Part of: genus Uvularia, Uvularia

Encyclopedia: Wild oats

Wild oat