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bluegrass
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: so called from the bluish green color of the culms
1. : any of several grasses of the genus Poa of which some have bluish green culms: as
a. : kentucky bluegrass
b. : wire grass a
2. New Zealand : a grass (Agropyron scabrum) having leaves usually scabrous on both sides
3. Australia : any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon
4. : duck green
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from the Blue Grass Boys, performing group, from Bluegrass State, nickname of Kentucky
: country music played on unamplified stringed instruments (as banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin) and characterized by free improvisation and close usually high-pitched harmony
• blue·grass·er \ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ ə(r)\ noun |