| 单词 | kentucky bluegrass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasKentucky bluegrass a. Frequently with distinguishing word: any of various grasses of the genus Poa having a bluish inflorescence or foliage; spec. (more fully Kentucky bluegrass) smooth-stalked meadow grass, Poa pratensis, which is a valuable fodder, pasture, and turf grass, and is grown extensively in parts of the United States. Also: the sward formed by such a grass; the crop of such a grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > [noun] > meadow grass meadow grass1597 silver grass1600 lovegrass1702 spear-grass1747 bluegrass1751 wiregrass1751 poa1753 poa grass1759 Suffolk grass1759 fowl-meadow-grass1774 penguin grass1776 mead grass1778 June grass1840 weeping Polly1880 1751 C. Gist Jrnls. (1893) 47 It is..full of beautiful natural Meadows covered with wild Rye, blue Grass and Clover. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia vi. 69 Our grasses are Lucerne, St. Foin,..greenswerd, blue grass and crab grass. a1811 J. J. Henry Accurate Acct. Campaign against Quebec (1812) 168 A basket-full of the ordinary blue-grass of our country. 1889 Harper's Mag. Jan. 259/1 The blue-grass..blooms toward the middle of June in a bluish, almost a peacock blue, blossom, which gives to the fields an exquisite hue. 1908 Southern Planter June 436/2 A saving of $1.00 a hundred [pigs] was effected by using alfalfa instead of bluegrass. 1949 G. H. Ahlgren Forage Crops xviii. 180 Also found [in the southern prairie region] are Texas bluegrass, Canada wild-rye, and western wheatgrass. 1985 P. Gruchow Jrnl. Prarie Year 44 The landscape was still brown on top but underneath it was green with the monotony of bluegrass. 2000 Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 June (Tempo section) 18/3 Lawns should not be mown in winter unless the grass is a cool-season variety such as bent, kentucky bluegrass or rye. 2003 H. Lahring Water & Wetland Plants Prairie Provinces 102 Poa leptocoma is one of the few bluegrasses which prefers very wet conditions. < as lemmas |
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