cheat grass

noun

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *gʰreh₁- — “to grow
  2. inherited from *grasą — “grass
  3. inherited from *gras
  4. inherited from græs
  5. inherited from gras
  6. compounded as cheat grass — “cheat + grass

Definitions

  1. Downy brome

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cheat grass. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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