cheat grass
See also: cheatgrass
English
Alternative forms
- cheatgrass
Etymology
cheat + grass, reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of the plant invading their fields.
Noun
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
downy brome
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