cheatgrass
noun/ˈt͡ʃiːtɡɹɑːs/
Etymology From cheat + grass (reputedly because farmers felt cheated when wheat yields were lower because of cheatgrass invading their fields).
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Bromus tectorum, drooping brome, native to Europe, thought to create an ecology prone to annual fires in many US areas
- It took maybe nine or ten years more of westward drift, over the rolling prairie, through the cheatgrass, the sage grouse exploding skyward […]2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 98: