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animated oat

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
an-i-mat-ed oat
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Avena sterilis, a species of grass weed with edible seeds.

Uncountable

Etymology

So called because its spikelets can move in response to moisture.

Usage

Inflected Forms

animated oats (plural)

Synonyms

sterile oat wild oat wild red oat winter wild oat avene sterilis avena sterilis

Questions

What does animated oat mean?
Avena sterilis, a species of grass weed with edible seeds.
Where does animated oat come from?
So called because its spikelets can move in response to moisture.

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