fatuoid

noun

fat·​u·​oid

ˈfachəˌwȯid

plural -s

: 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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin fatua (specific epithet of Avena fatua, from Latin, feminine of fatuus) + English -oid

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