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Wild Oats

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Noun

1. bellwort, merry bells, wild oats

any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wild Oats

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plural noun
slang
the indiscretions of youth, esp dissoluteness before settling down (esp in the phrase sow one's wild oats)

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Wild Oats

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1.  US
a woodland plant (Uvularia sessilifolia) of the lily family, with small, drooping, yellowish flowers, native to E North America
2. 
any of several wild grasses (genus Avena); esp., the wild progenitor (A. fatua) of the cultivated oat, having strong, twisted awns and commonly occurring as a weed, esp. in the W U.S.
: also wild oat

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wild Oats

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n.
1. often wild oats Any of various oats that are not cultivated and are often weeds in cereal crops, especially Avena fatua.
2. wild oats Misdeeds and indiscretions committed when young.

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