cheatgrass

See also: cheat grass

English

Etymology

From cheat +‎ grass (reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of cheatgrass invading their fields).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːtɡɹɑːs/

Noun

cheatgrass (countable and uncountable, plural cheatgrasses)

  1. Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas.

Quotations

  • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 98:
    It took maybe nine or ten years more of westward drift, over the rolling prairie, through the cheatgrass, the sage grouse exploding skyward […]

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