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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various oats that are not cultivated and are often weeds in cereal crops, especially Avena fatua.
- noun Misdeeds and indiscretions committed when young.
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- noun common in meadows and pastures
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