What does cheat grass mean?
Cheat grass means Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas.
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/ˈt͡ʃiːtɡɹɑːs/ · noun
Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas.
It took maybe nine or ten years more of westward drift, over the rolling prairie, through the cheatgrass, the sage grouse exploding skyward […]
Use cheat grass when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cheat grass means Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas.
Common synonyms include bromus tectorum, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It took maybe nine or ten years more of westward drift, over the rolling prairie, through the cheatgrass, the sage grouse exploding skyward […]
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