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brome grass

/ brəʊm /

noun

  1. any of various grasses of the genus Bromus , having small flower spikes in loose drooping clusters. Some species are used for hay
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of brome grass1

C18: via Latin from Greek bromos oats, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

Rescue-grass, res′kū-gras, n. a species of brome-grass, native to South America.

When these were two weeks old, all were "pastured out" in a wire mesh cage in tall brome grass.

The graceful, drooping tree on the right of the house is made of the grass called brome-grass.

Look at the picture again and notice the odd plants near the brome-grass tree.

Pastureland, with introduced brome grass (Bromus inermis) and associated weedy vegetation.

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