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cheat grass

cheat grass noun: downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.

Noun

cheat grass (countable and uncountable, plural cheat grasses)

  1. Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.

Forms of cheat grass

pluralcheat grasses
alternative formcheatgrass

Origin of cheat grass

From cheat + grass, reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of the plant invading their fields.

Questions about cheat grass

What does cheat grass mean?
Cheat grass means downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.
What part of speech is cheat grass?
Cheat grass is a noun.
What is the plural of cheat grass?
The plural of cheat grass is cheat grasses.

Words near cheat grass in the dictionary

  1. cheat curls
  2. cheat day
  3. cheat days
  4. cheat death
  5. cheat fate
  6. cheat grass
  7. cheat grasses
  8. cheat meal
  9. cheat meals
  10. cheat on
  11. cheat out

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