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cheat grass

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From cheat +‎ grass, reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of the plant invading their fields.

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cheat grass (countable and uncountable, plural cheat grasses)

  1. Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.

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