cheat grass
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See also: cheatgrass
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cheat + grass, reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of the plant invading their fields.
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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