Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheat grass

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
cheat -grass
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From cheat + grass, reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of the plant invading their fields.

Usage

Inflected Forms

cheat grasses (plural) cheatgrass (alternative)

Questions

What does cheat grass mean?
Downy brome; drooping brome (Bromus tectorum); an annual grass native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa.
Where does cheat grass come from?
From cheat + grass, reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of the plant invading their fields.

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