brome : Idioms & Phrases

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brome grass

Brome" grass`
Etymology
L. bromos a kind of oats, Gr. .
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus (Bromus) of grasses, one species of which is the chess or cheat.
Webster 1913

downy brome

  • noun annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
    Bromus tectorum; downy chess; downy brome; downy cheat; cheatgrass; downy bromegrass.
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drooping brome

  • noun annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
    Bromus tectorum; downy chess; downy brome; downy cheat; cheatgrass; downy bromegrass.
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field brome

  • noun annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia
    Bromus arvensis.
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japanese brome

  • noun grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia
    Bromus japonicus; Japanese chess.
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