meadow

Definition of meadow in English English dictionary: A field or pasture; a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be mown for hay; an area of low lying vegetation, especially near a river; {n} a rich grass-field, low land by rivers or bottom; {i} grassland; field cultivated for hay; pasture land; A meadow is a field which has grass and flowers growing in it. a field with wild grass and flowers; An area of natural or planted vegetation dominated by grasses and grass-like plants used primarily for hay production; Meadowland is essentially grassland, however it is very rich in herbs due to the cutting regime under which it is kept Real meadows such as those found at Town Close Hills Nature Reserve in Kippax, are quite rare because they do not offer the most productive grazing for cattle Consequently they are "improved" to encourage the growth of highly productive grass species at the expense of a more diverse flora True meadow areas are very important for insects which feed upon the flowers and the animals, especially birds which feed upon the insects; Low land covered with coarse grass or rank herbage near rives and in marshy places by the sea; as, the salt meadows near Newark Bay; a field full of grass & flowers; Of or pertaining to a meadow; of the nature of a meadow; produced, growing, or living in, a meadow; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay; - See HAY MEADOW; A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay; leigh; lea
meadow horsetail: A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum pratense
meadow horsetails: plural form of meadow horsetail
meadow muffin: cow pat
meadow pipit: A small passerine bird, Anthus pratensis
meadow pipits: plural form of meadow pipit
meadow beauty: Any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, growing in wet ground and having opposite leaves and showy purple flowers. Also called deer grass
meadow buttercup: perennial European buttercup with yellow spring flowers widely naturalized especially in eastern North America
meadow clary: tall perennial Old World salvia with violet-blue flowers; found in open grasslands
meadow cranesbill: tall perennial cranesbill with paired violet-blue axillary flowers; native to northern parts of Old World and naturalized in North America
meadow fescue: A grass (Festuca eliator) grown for hay
meadow foxtail: stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes; widely cultivated for pasture and hay; naturalized in North America
meadow goldenrod: large North American goldenrod having showy clusters of yellow flowers on arching branches; often a weed
meadow grass: any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture
meadow jumping mouse: widely distributed in northeastern and central United States and Canada
meadow mushroom: An edible mushroom (Agaricus campestris) that thrives in moist soil and is widely cultivated for food
meadow mushroom: common edible mushroom found naturally in moist open soil; the cultivated mushroom of commerce
meadow nematode: Any of various nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus that are parasitic on the roots of plants
meadow pipit: a common pipit that is brown above and white below; widely distributed in northern and central Europe and in Asia
meadow rue: any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum; sometimes rhizomatous or tuberous perennials found in damp shady places and meadows or stream banks; have lacy foliage and clouds of small purple or yellow flowers
meadow rue: Any of various plants of the genus Thalictrum, having compound leaves and clusters of small white, yellowish, or purplish apetalous flowers
meadow saffron: autumn crocus: bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers; native to western and central Europe
meadow salsify: weedy European annual with yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
meadow saxifrage: rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers; Europe
meadow spikemoss: spikemoss forming dense mats; eastern North America
meadow spittlebug: North American insect that severely damages grasses
meadow vole: widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States and Canada
meadow.: meader
water meadow: A low-lying area of grassland that is subject to seasonal flooding
water-meadow: An area of grassland, besides a river, that is subject to periodic flooding
A meadow: lay
A meadow: mead
meadows: plural of meadow
reed meadow grass: a pasture grass of moist places throughout North America
water meadow: {i} meadow or river area that is frequently flooded by a river or a stream; piece of low flat land or meadow that can be maintained fertile by being overflowed with water from a near by river or stream (Agriculture)
water meadow: A meadow, or piece of low, flat land, capable of being kept in a state of fertility by being overflowed with water from some adjoining river or stream
water meadow: Water meadows are wet fields of grass near a river, which are often flooded. a field that is near a river and that is sometimes flooded

meadow

Hyphenation

mead·ow

Turkish pronunciation

medō

Synonyms

bottoms, carpet, grassland, heath, lea, mead, pasturage, pasture, plain, prairie, rug, steppe, veldt

Pronunciation

/ˈmeˌdō/ /ˈmɛˌdoʊ/

Etymology

[ me-(")dO ] (noun.) before 12th century. Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mǣdwō (cf. West Frisian miede, Dutch dialect made, German dialect Matte ‘mountain pasture’), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- ‘to mow, reap’ (cf. Welsh medi, Latin metere, Ancient Greek ámētos ‘reaping’), englargement of *h₂meh₁-. More at mow.