cheat grass
See also: cheatgrass
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Etymology edit
cheat + grass, reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of the plant invading their fields.
Noun edit
cheat grass (countable and uncountable, plural cheat grasses)
- Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.
Translations edit
downy brome
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Further reading edit
- cheat grass on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bromus tectorum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Bromus tectorum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons