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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

"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

Etymology

Origin of brome grass

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

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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

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.

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

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.

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

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