noun
a genus of grasses of the family Gramineae
• Syn: ↑genus Bromus
• Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus
• Member Holonyms:
↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑Graminaceae, ↑family Graminaceae, ↑Poaceae, ↑family Poaceae, ↑grass family
• Member Meronyms: ↑brome, ↑bromegrass
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\\ˈbrōməs\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a large genus of grasses (family Gramineae) that are native to temperate regions, comprise the bromegrasses, and have large often drooping spikelets and lemmas usually awned near the 2-toothed apex
Useful english dictionary. 2012.