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chess (3)
chess [ chess ] (plural chess·es)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. botany 
Same as  cheatn (sense 4)

2. weedy grass: a weedy bromegrass. Genus Bromus.
[Mid-18th century. Origin ?]
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