brome
/brəʊm
/noun [mass noun]
An oat-like grass which is sometimes grown for fodder or ornamental purposes.
- Genus Bromus, family Gramineae.
- The most common cool-season grasses are orchard grass, smooth brome, meadow brome and creeping foxtail.
- The majority of their diet should be free-choice grass hays such as timothy, orchard grass or brome.
Origin
Mid 18th century: from modern Latin Bromus, from Greek bromos 'oat'.