Bromus

[Lat.; from Gr. bromos, wild oat.] ( Bot. ) The Brome-gra : a genus of plants, order Gram in ace a, characterized by the flowers being in lax panicles; the glumes many-flowered; the outer palea bifid, and the extremities awned beneath; and by the very short stigma growing from the face of the germen beneath its Fig . 424. - RYE BROME-GRASS. (Bromus secalinus.) apex. Some species are very common in the United States. The B. secalinus is a handsome gra in fields, often among wheat. In a young state it has a great resemblance to rye. Its seeds, which are large, retain their power of germination for years, and do not lose it by pa ing through the intestines of animals. Deleterious effects have been erroneously ascribed to bread made from rye, along with which these seeds have been ground; but poultry are very fond of them. Bromwich (West,) a town and parish of Staff ords hire, England, 3 m. from Wednesbury, with mines of coal and iron in the neighborhood.