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ripgut brome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ripgut brome
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of weedy grass, Bromus diandrus, with sharp seeds having awns with one-way bristles that make them hard to remove from clothing or animal fur.

Uncountable

Etymology

From rip (verb) + gut + brome.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ripgut (alternative) ripgut grass (alternative)

Questions

What does ripgut brome mean?
A type of weedy grass, Bromus diandrus, with sharp seeds having awns with one-way bristles that make them hard to remove from clothing or animal fur.
Where does ripgut brome come from?
From rip (verb) + gut + brome.

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