brome grass

British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of brome grass

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

Example Sentences

These include an exotic plant called ripgut brome grass, which has moved into the oak woodlands, said Don Hankin, a geography and planning professor at Chico State University.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2020

Faint as it is, it sways the heavy laden brome grass, but is not strong enough to lift a ball of thistledown from the bennets among which it is entangled.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

"Well, it ain't buffalo grass, an' it ain't brome grass, an' I don't figger it's alfalfa," said Tompkins, meditatively.

From Dennison Grant: a Novel of To-day by Stead, Robert J. C.

In the dry upland country in Washington and Oregon, Russian brome grass or tall oat grass would answer the purpose.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

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

From Aspects of Reproduction and Development in the Prairie Vole (Microtus ochrogaster) by Fitch, Henry S.