See also: cheat grass

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Bromus tectorum

Etymology edit

From cheat +‎ grass (reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of cheatgrass invading their fields).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːtɡɹɑːs/

Noun edit

cheatgrass (countable and uncountable, plural cheatgrasses)

  1. Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas.

Quotations edit

  • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 98:
    It took maybe nine or ten years more of westward drift, over the rolling prairie, through the cheatgrass, the sage grouse exploding skyward []

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