Usually means: Invasive, fast-spreading, grassy weed species.
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  1. cheatgrass: Merriam-Webster
  2. cheatgrass: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cheatgrass: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cheatgrass: Vocabulary.com
  5. cheatgrass: Wordnik
  6. cheatgrass: Wiktionary
  7. cheatgrass: Dictionary.com
  8. Cheatgrass: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. cheatgrass: Rhymezone
  10. cheatgrass: FreeDictionary.org
  11. cheatgrass: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. cheatgrass: TheFreeDictionary.com

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

Similar:
Bromus tectorum, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome, cheat grass, smooth brome, lopgrass, foxtail, more...

Opposite:
native grass, perennial grass, non-invasive grass

Types:
downy brome, Japanese brome, ryegrass, more...

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Similar:
Bromus tectorum, downy brome, downy bromegrass, downy cheat, downy chess, drooping brome, cheat grass, smooth brome, lopgrass, foxtail, more...

Opposite:
native grass, perennial grass, non-invasive grass

Types:
downy brome, Japanese brome, ryegrass, more...



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