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noun
Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome, Bromus tectorum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brome, bromegrass
History
From cheat + grass (reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of cheatgrass invading their fields).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
