brome grass
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of brome grass
C18: via Latin from Greek bromos oats, of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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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.
"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.
Two kinds of grass grew on these plains; one of them a brome grass, possessing the remarkable property of shooting up green from the old stalk.
From Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia by Mitchell, Thomas
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
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