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Definition of ryegrass in English English dictionary
- Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus, Lolium
Perennial ryegrass is an important species for lawn seed mixes.
- A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field
He seeded the meadow with ryegrass to provide better forage.
- {n} a kind of very strong grass
- A grass used for fodder and lawns. (Genus Lolium: several species, in particular L. perenne.)
- (Botanik, Bitkibilim) Any of several Eurasian grasses of the genus Lolium, especially L. temulentum or L. perenne. Also called darnel
- any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
- a type of grass that is grown as food for animals
- giant ryegrass
- stout perennial grass of western North America
- italian ryegrass
- European grass much used for hay and in United States also for turf and green manure
- perennial ryegrass
- European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass
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Hyphenation
rye·grassPronunciation
Etymology
[ 'rI-"gras ] (noun.) 1747. rye + grassResimler
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