brome (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *brome*:
NOUN	plant	brome, bromegrass	any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus

English > *brome*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions.
Synonym	bromegrass
Member of	Bromus, genus Bromus	A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae
Narrower	Japanese brome, Japanese chess, Bromus japonicus	grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia
	awnless bromegrass, Bromus inermis	drought-resistant perennial with awns lacking or very short and long creeping rhizomes
	chess, cheat, Bromus secalinus	weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
	downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, cheatgrass, drooping brome, Bromus tectorum	annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
	field brome, Bromus arvensis	annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia
Broader	grass	Narrow-leaved green herbage
Spanish	bromo

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