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wild oats

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wild oat
n.
1. often wild oats An annual Eurasian grass (Avena fatua) related to the cultivated oat. Often used in the plural.
2. wild oats Misdeeds and indiscretions committed when young.
wild oats
pl n
Slang the indiscretions of youth, esp dissoluteness before settling down (esp in the phrase sow one's wild oats)
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Noun1.wild oatswild oats - any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers
bellwort, merry bells
flower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms
genus Uvularia, Uvularia - genus of perennial rhizomatous herb of southern and southeastern United States
cornflower, strawflower, Uvularia grandiflora - plant of southern and southeastern United States grown for its yellow flowers that can be dried


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I was about to speak further, when I observed the wild oats near the place of the disturbance moving in the most inexplicable way.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
For the nonce, however, he proposed to sail about, and sow his wild oats in all four oceans.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
The two made one crop of wild oats, for which he was heartily sorry, and he could not see that those oats are of a darker stock which are rooted in another's dishonour.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
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