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Added 10 October 2026

brome

/bɹəʊm/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about brome at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions.

Origin

From the genus name, New Latin Bromus, from Ancient Greek βρόμος (brómos, “oat, wild oat”).

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