downy brome
- noun
- /ˈdaʊni broʊm/
- Specialized
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bromus peludo
- Downy brome spreads rapidly and can dominate disturbed grasslands.
Examples
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Farmers often struggle to control downy brome because it competes with crops for nutrients.
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In spring, fields covered with downy brome take on a characteristic pale green hue.
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The downy brome is often found in disturbed soils.
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Farmers are concerned about downy brome invading their fields.
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Downy brome is a common weed that can quickly take over empty fields.
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The fluffy texture of downy brome makes it easily identifiable in the wild.
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Gardners often find downy brome challenging to manage due to its rapid growth.
Synonyms
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A fast-growing grass from Europe and Asia that often becomes a weed and replaces native plants
A grass with soft hairy leaves that spreads quickly and is often a weed
A one-year grass with soft hairy leaves that often spreads and harms local plants
A wild grass with soft hairy leaves that grows each year in the Mediterranean region
A small Mediterranean grass with soft hairy leaves
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun phrase is a straightforward descriptive composition: 'downy' (softly hairy) modifies 'brome' (a type of grass), so the meaning is a grass with soft hairs. This adjectival + noun pattern is fully compositional and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Downy brome comes from the plant's look: downy means covered in soft, short hairs like bird down and brome is a name for a type of grass. So, the name helps you picture a 'soft-haired' grass that often grows as a 'weed'.