cheatgrass

See also: cheat grass

English

Bromus tectorum

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 […]

Translations

Bromus tectorum

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 絹雀麥／绢雀麦 (juànquèmài), 旱雀麥／旱雀麦 (hànquèmài)

• Finnish: kattokattara (fi)
• Kazakh: арпаған (arpağan), тарақбоз (taraqboz)