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DOWNY CHESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean
Synonyms:
Bromus tectorum; cheatgrass; downy brome; downy bromegrass; downy cheat; downy chess; drooping brome
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Hypernyms ("downy chess" is a kind of...):
brome; bromegrass (any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions)