noun
any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
• Syn: ↑brome
• Hypernyms: ↑grass
• Hyponyms:
↑awnless bromegrass, ↑Bromus inermis, ↑chess, ↑cheat, ↑Bromus secalinus, ↑downy brome, ↑downy bromegrass, ↑downy cheat, ↑downy chess, ↑cheatgrass, ↑drooping brome, ↑Bromus tectorum, ↑field brome, ↑Bromus arvensis, ↑Japanese brome, ↑Japanese chess, ↑Bromus japonicus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Bromus, ↑genus Bromus
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\\ˈbrōmˌ ̷ ̷\ noun or brome (plural bromegrasses or bromes) : any grass of the genus Bromus — see awnless bromegrass
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/brohm"gras', -grahs'/, n.
any of numerous grasses of the genus Bromus, having flat blades and open clusters of flower spikelets. Also called brome /brohm/, chess.
[1750-60; < NL Brom(us) genus name ( < Gk brómos oats) + GRASS]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.