fatuoid
(ˈfætjuːɔɪd)
[ad. mod.L. fatua (H. Nilsson-Ehle 1921, in Hereditas II. 401), f. L. fatuus (see fatuous) + -oid.]
A variant form of cultivated oat, partially resembling the wild oat (Avena fatua).
| 1922 C. V. B. Marquand in Bull. Welsh Plant Breeding Station C. ii. 4 (heading) The ‘wild base’ type, or ‘Fatuoid⁓mutation’ of Cultivated Varieties. 1930 Times Lit. Suppl. 30 Oct. 894/4 Fatuoids are forms resembling the wild oat that appear occasionally in cultivated varieties of oat. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 665/1 Fatuoids or false wild oats have been observed in nearly all cultivated varieties. Fatuoid kernels also drop to the ground as in the case of wild oats. |