cheat grass

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Sinonieme

early chess

downy brome

drooping brome

brome grass

military grass

chess grass

Vertalings

Dachtrespe

brome des toits

Bromus tectorum

Etimologie (Engels)

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

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