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

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brome grass

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

At the Reservation, on May 21, 1951, at 9:00 P. M., distressed squealing of a rabbit was heard in high brome grass.

From Ecology of the Opossum on a Natural Area in Northeastern Kansas by Fitch, Henry S.

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

There also I observed a brome grass, probably not distinct from the Broods australis of Brown; it called to mind the squarrose brome grass of Europe.

From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas

In areas with Iowa as a center, nothing would be more suitable, probably, than Russian brome grass.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas