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SLENDER WILD OAT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does slender wild oat mean?
• SLENDER WILD OAT (noun)
The noun SLENDER WILD OAT has 1 sense:
1. oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia
Familiarity information: SLENDER WILD OAT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oat of southern Europe and southwestern Asia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Avena barbata; slender wild oat
Hypernyms ("slender wild 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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