fatuoid

fatuoid
\\ˈfachəˌwȯid\ noun (-s)
Etymology: New Latin fatua (specific epithet of Avena fatua, from Latin, feminine of fatuus) + English -oid
: an aberrant form arising in cultivated oats that is believed to be a mutation and that resembles both the parent variety and the wild oat (Avena fatua) — called also false wild oats

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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