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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 Mediterraneanplay

  Familiarity information: CHEATGRASS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHEATGRASS (noun)


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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