cheatgrass

noun

cheat·​grass ˈchēt-ˌgras 

: an annual weedy Eurasian bromegrass (Bromus tectorum) naturalized in North America

Examples of cheatgrass in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The main threats to Gunnison sage-grouse are invasive cheatgrass, wildfire, fragmentation of habitat by urban and suburban sprawl and prolonged drought caused by climate change. — Ted Williams, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2026

On July 14, the fire continued to spread through the scar of the 2020 Magnum Fire, where invasive cheatgrass acted as perfect fuel for the fire. — Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025

The soil and vegetation disturbance caused by logging and livestock facilitates invasions of quick-burning invasive grasses like cheatgrass. — Delaney Rudy, The Denver Post, 22 Feb. 2025

Today, invasive plants such as cheatgrass have created a contiguous carpet of fuel that fire can race through, igniting shrubs and trees that are normally spaced apart, allowing blazes to spread over large distances. — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cheatgrass

• alas
• amass
• bromegrass
• bypass
• crabgrass
• crevasse
• eelgrass
• eyeglass
• groundmass
• harass
• impasse
• jackass