Chess
n.-
A species of brome grass (
Bromus secalinus ) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called alsocheat andWillard's bromus .
Other species of brome grass are called

