wild oat grass

6.0

A common wild grass that looks like the oat plant and grows in meadows

noun

: hierba de avena silvestre

The cows grazed lazily among the wild oat grass of the summer pasture.

Examples

After the rain, patches of wild oat grass sprang up throughout the meadow.
She identified several types of wild oat grass growing at the edge of the field.
The field was covered in wild oat grass.
Many farmers consider wild oat grasses a nuisance.
After the rain, patches of wild oat grass sprang up throughout the meadow.
The cows grazed lazily among the wild oat grass of the summer pasture.
She identified several types of wild oat grass growing at the edge of the field.

Synonyms

wild oat

vswild oat grass

1 6.7

A grass like oats that grows in fields and is often a weed

is a single species noted for resembling cultivated grain rather than a general group

Avena fatua

vswild oat grass

Specialized

9.9

A wild oat plant that grows as a weed in fields

is noted for resembling cultivated grain rather than for being a weed

How Useful

rice

698 1.0

cereal oat

Specialized

2.5

Japanese barnyard millet

9.9

wild oat grass

6.0

ornamental

1 4.8

Surface Forms

wild oat grass singular

wild oat grasses plural

Morphology

wild + oat + grass

The phrase is compositionally built from 'wild' (growing naturally), 'oat' (the cereal/plant) and 'grass' (a type of plant), so its meaning — a grass species related to oats that grows wild — is directly inferable. This follows basic modifier+noun patterns common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should understand it.

Etymology

Wild oat grass is named for how it looks: its seed heads look like small oats and it often grows wild in fields. That's why the name means a kind of grass that resembles oats and grows on its own.