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brome

DEFINITIONS OF: brome

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n any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions

Synonyms:
bromegrass
Types:
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Bromus inermis, awnless bromegrass
drought-resistant perennial with awns lacking or very short and long creeping rhizomes; Europe and temperate Asia
Bromus secalinus, cheat, chess
weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat
Bromus tectorum, cheatgrass, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome
annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
Bromus arvensis, field brome
annual grass of Europe and temperate Asia
Bromus japonicus, Japanese brome, Japanese chess
grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia
Type of:
grass
narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
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