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Japanese brome

Japanese brome

7.9
A grass that often grows in meadows, fields, and disturbed ground
  • noun
translation icon : bromus japonés
  • The pasture was overrun with Japanese brome after years of neglect.

Examples

  • Researchers studied the spread of Japanese brome in temperate grasslands.

  • Many farmers consider Japanese brome a weed.

  • Efforts to control Japanese brome have become a major concern for conservationists.

  • The Japanese brome grows well in disturbed areas.

  • Researchers have noted that Japanese brome thrives in various disturbed soils across temperate regions.

  • Conservationists are alarmed by the rapid spread of Japanese brome in meadows adjacent to urban areas.

  • Agronomists warn that Japanese brome can outcompete native plants in pasture lands over time.

Synonyms

Bromus japonicus
vsJapanese brome
  • Specialized
9.9

A grass from Asia and the Mediterranean also called Japanese brome that often grows on roadsides and in fields

is the common English name for the same grass species

Surface Forms

Japanese brome singular
Japanese bromes plural

Morphology

Japanese + brome

The phrase combines a clear place adjective 'Japanese' with the noun 'brome' (a type of grass), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a brome species associated with Japan or of Japanese origin. This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition following common cross-linguistic naming patterns, making the meaning directly derivable from the constituents.

Etymology

Japanese brome may come from the way early plant collectors named a grass they found in parts of Asia: Japanese points to the region and brome is an old word for a kind of 'grass'. So the name tells us it is a type of grass from that area.