brome

brome  (brm)

n.

Any of various grasses of the genus Bromus, native to temperate regions and including several weeds and ornamentals and some species important for forage. Also called bromegrass.

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[New Latin Bromus, genus name, from Greek bromos, oats.]

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Noun

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brome - any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions bromegrass grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay Bromus, genus Bromus - a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae awnless bromegrass, Bromus inermis - drought-resistant perennial with awns lacking or very short and long creeping rhizomes; Europe and temperate Asia Bromus secalinus, chess, cheat - weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat Bromus tectorum, cheatgrass, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome - annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean Bromus arvensis, field brome - annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia Bromus japonicus, Japanese brome, Japanese chess - grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia