brown grass
Sun-scorched turf
Brown grass is grass that has lost its green color, typically from drought, dormancy, or death.
Lawns go brown in summer heat without watering, and again in winter when growth stops.
The phrase often signals neglect or harsh conditions: The yard was nothing but brown grass and weeds.
Brown grass can recover with rain or warmer weather, or it may be permanently dead—you can't always tell by looking.
- dryFree from moisture
- witheredDried and shrunken
- strawTube for sipping
- deadNo longer alive
- parchedExtremely dry or thirsty
dead lawn · yellowed · dormant · drought · dry spell · water restrictions · lawn · field · open field · autumn · crispy · thirsty · faded · hay · gone to seed · meadow · scorched · brittle
- lawn problemsbare spots, dead spots, weeds, grubs, bald spots
- Droughtwater shortage, dry spell, dry spells, no rain, low rainfall