wild oats

wild oats

English

Noun

wild oats pl (plural only)

1. Non-cultivated species of Avena, a genus of grasses.
2. Chasmanthium latifolium, a grass, Indian woodoats
3. Species of Uvularia, the bellworts.

Derived terms

• slender wild oats (Avena barbata)
• common wild oats (Avena fatua)
• winter wild oats (Avena sterilis)

Translations

non-cultivated oats

Estonian: tuulekaer (Avena fatua)

Finnish: villikaura (fi); hukkakaura (fi) (Avena fatua)

Chasmanthium latifolium

Finnish: nuokkutähkä (fi)

Uvularia — see bellwort

Derived terms

• sow one's wild oats