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CHEATGRASS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cheatgrass mean?
• CHEATGRASS (noun)
The noun CHEATGRASS has 1 sense:
1. annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
Familiarity information: CHEATGRASS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Bromus tectorum; cheatgrass; downy brome; downy bromegrass; downy cheat; downy chess; drooping brome
Hypernyms ("cheatgrass" is a kind of...):
brome; bromegrass (any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions)
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