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cheatgrass

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cheat·grass  (chtgrs)
n.
A grass (Bromus tectorum) that is native to Eurasian temperate regions and has become widespread in the grasslands of the western United States. Also called downy brome.
[Perhaps akin to cheat, bread made of inferior-quality wheat (from Middle English chet, from Old French) + grass.]
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Noun1.cheatgrasscheatgrass - annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
Bromus tectorum, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome
brome, bromegrass - any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions


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