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oat-like en · ADJ

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of oatlike.
   alt of oatlike
   • Farm-yard manure, which increased the actual amount and proportion of total graminaceous herbage, gave a considerably increased proportion of rye-grass and of tall oat-like grass; a somewhat diminished proportion of the woolly soft-grass; scarcely any of the other grasses found on the unmanured plot; but a very large amount o fthe valuable smooth-stalked meadow-grass, which was not found at all in the produce without manure. 1860, Proceedings / New York State Agricultural Society, page 151:
   • The Chief told us they contained an oat-like meal, sweet potatoes, and kettle bread. 2012, Wayne Hunt, Zack and the Validators: Spirit Bridge, page 117:
   • This grass is very similar to the preceding in its economic characters, but it requires a more humid soil ; when it meets with such a soil, it yields a larger produce than common oat-like grass. 1844, Albrecht Daniel Thaer, The Principles of Agriculture - Volume 2, page 664:

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