brome

(brōm)

noun

any of a large genus (Bromus) of grasses of the temperate zone, having closed sheaths and spikelets with awns: a few are crop plants but many are weeds

Origin: < ModL < L bromos < Gr, oats, rustling < bremein, to rustle < IE base *bherem-, to rustle, buzz

See brome in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Any of various grasses of the genus Bromus, native to temperate regions and including several weeds and ornamentals and some species important for forage. Also called bromegrass.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin Bromus, genus name

Origin: , from Greek bromos, oats

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