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animated oat

noun

an oat, Avena sterilis, of the Mediterranean region, having spikelets that twist or move when exposed to sudden moisture, due to the hygroscopic action of the awns.

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animated oat
noun
Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat [syn: wild red oat]

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