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ripgut brome

ripgut brome noun: a type of weedy grass, Bromus diandrus, with sharp seeds having awns with one-way bristles that make them hard to remove from clothing or animal fur.

Noun

ripgut brome (uncountable)

  1. A type of weedy grass, Bromus diandrus, with sharp seeds having awns with one-way bristles that make them hard to remove from clothing or animal fur.

Forms of ripgut brome

alternative formripgut
alternative formripgut grass

Origin of ripgut brome

From rip (verb) + gut + brome.

Questions about ripgut brome

What does ripgut brome mean?
Ripgut brome means a type of weedy grass, Bromus diandrus, with sharp seeds having awns with one-way bristles that make them hard to remove from clothing or animal fur.
What part of speech is ripgut brome?
Ripgut brome is a noun.

Words near ripgut brome in the dictionary

  1. riper
  2. Riperton
  3. ripes
  4. ripest
  5. ripgut
  6. ripgut brome
  7. ripgut fence
  8. ripgut fences
  9. ripgut grass
  10. Riphaean
  11. Riphagen

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