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词汇 cheat grass
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Definition of cheat grass in English:

cheat grass

noun
mass nounNorth American
  • A tough wild grass of open land, sometimes growing as a weed among cereal crops and in pasture.

    〈主北美〉雀麦

    Genus Bromus, family Gramineae: several species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thus, many of America's most aggressive weeds, especially in the temperate zones, come from European origins: dandelions, crabgrass, wild oats, sow thistle, kudzu, tumbleweed, plantain, cheat grass, and many others.
    • Northwest Agricultural Products is field-testing a new product to keep invasive cheat grass from re-establishing itself on part of the Hanford Reach after a fire.
    • There are herbicide options for cheat grass control in winter wheat but they are expensive and rarely do they have 100% control.
    • I have been informed by a friend the ‘Shenandoah’ is a cheat grass and is very aggressive.
    • The proliferation of cheat grass followed in the wake of prescribed burns done in the canyon by the forest service to push back juniper trees and improve bighorn sheep habitat.
    • A pilot project to address these issues is planned for the Nowater Creek watershed that will use herbicides to control cheat grass and increase the production of native grasses and forbs.
    • The presence of cheat grass increases the occurrence of fire from every 60-100 years in native rangelands to every 3-5 years.
    • These relatively undisturbed areas have shown little invasion by cheat grass and other exotics.
    • Bladderpod is an annual plant and it competes poorly with cedar trees, cheat grass, and fescue.
    • Finally, supervised and unsupervised classification techniques were also used to map the cheat grass.
    • However, we gained a lot of insight into how significant an increase in cheat grass can be when you have the right conditions.
    • This problem is acute in Nevada, where the cycle of fire disturbance has spurred the invasive cheat grass to alter range and wildlife habitats.

Origin

Late 18th century: a local word for various wild plants, perhaps from their resemblance to the cereals among which they grew.

Definition of cheat grass in US English:

cheat grass

(also cheatgrass)
noun
North American
  • A tough wild grass of open land, sometimes growing as a weed among cereal crops and in pasture.

    〈主北美〉雀麦

    Genus Bromus, family Gramineae: several species, in particular B. tectorum

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bladderpod is an annual plant and it competes poorly with cedar trees, cheat grass, and fescue.
    • Finally, supervised and unsupervised classification techniques were also used to map the cheat grass.
    • There are herbicide options for cheat grass control in winter wheat but they are expensive and rarely do they have 100% control.
    • The presence of cheat grass increases the occurrence of fire from every 60-100 years in native rangelands to every 3-5 years.
    • Thus, many of America's most aggressive weeds, especially in the temperate zones, come from European origins: dandelions, crabgrass, wild oats, sow thistle, kudzu, tumbleweed, plantain, cheat grass, and many others.
    • This problem is acute in Nevada, where the cycle of fire disturbance has spurred the invasive cheat grass to alter range and wildlife habitats.
    • A pilot project to address these issues is planned for the Nowater Creek watershed that will use herbicides to control cheat grass and increase the production of native grasses and forbs.
    • The proliferation of cheat grass followed in the wake of prescribed burns done in the canyon by the forest service to push back juniper trees and improve bighorn sheep habitat.
    • I have been informed by a friend the ‘Shenandoah’ is a cheat grass and is very aggressive.
    • Northwest Agricultural Products is field-testing a new product to keep invasive cheat grass from re-establishing itself on part of the Hanford Reach after a fire.
    • However, we gained a lot of insight into how significant an increase in cheat grass can be when you have the right conditions.
    • These relatively undisturbed areas have shown little invasion by cheat grass and other exotics.

Origin

Late 18th century: a local word for various wild plants, perhaps from their resemblance to the cereals among which they grew.

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