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ryegrass

ryegrass

1 4.9
A grass people plant for animals to eat or for lawns
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪˌɡræs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pasto de centeno
  • Weed scientist George Mueller-Warrant assesses the effectiveness of weed control practices in this field of perennial ryegrass grown for seed.
  • perennial ryegrass
  • ryegrass seed
  • ryegrass crop

Examples

  • Yang also tested wheat, corn, cabbage, white clover, and ryegrass for their abilities to store or exclude cadmium, zinc, and nickel.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The right side is planted with a ryegrass cover crop that has been fertilized.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The south valley supplies most of the annual and perennial ryegrass seed.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The ryegrass was fertilized in the fall of 1995 and again in late winter 1996.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The scientists found that the ryegrass crop used most of the total nitrogen fertilizer applied.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Several species of ryegrass, fescue, and bluegrass make up most of the turf and forage crops.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Even the yard, trampled bare and hard as a stockyard by two decades of child play, had been swallowed by a tawny sea of ryegrass.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • But Castlebury is one of the scientists who described the ryegrass fungus and detailed features that distinguish it from the Karnal bunt fungus.

    Academic text (2006)
  • So in 1995, the scientists enlisted the help of local grower Don Wirth, who planted perennial ryegrass on waterlogged clay soils near Lake Creek.

    Academic text (1998)
  • Many farmers choose to plant ryegrass as it provides excellent nutrition for grazing livestock.

Synonyms

rye grass
vsryegrass
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A grass often grown for lawns or animal feed

is the common general term covering those same species
Lolium multiflorum
vsryegrass
  • Specialized
8.2

A grass that grows quickly and is used for hay, lawns, and to improve soil

is one specific member among the multiple species in the group
Italian ryegrass
vsryegrass
  • Specialized
6.0

A fast-growing grass from Europe grown for hay, lawns, and to make soil better

is a specific cultivated species within the broader set of grasses
Italian rye
vsryegrass
6.5

A fast-growing grass grown for hay, lawns, and to improve soil

is a common farming name for one species in the wider group
perennial ryegrass
vsryegrass
  • Specialized
6.3

A grass that lives for many years and is used for lawns and to feed animals

is one long lived species among the several species in the group
English ryegrass
vsryegrass
6.2

A grass from Europe that lives for many years and is grown for pasture, hay and lawns

is a regional common name for a long lived species within the group
Lolium
vsryegrass
  • Specialized
9.1

A group of grass plants like ryegrass grown for animal feed or for lawns

is a narrower name for some species within that larger genus
giant ryegrass
vsryegrass
  • US
7.7

A large tall grass that grows for many years and helps hold soil

differs by region and stature from the Eurasian cultivated species

Compounds

A grass from Europe that lives for many years and is grown for pasture, hay and lawns

A large tall grass that grows for many years and helps hold soil

Italian ryegrass
  • Specialized
6.0

A fast-growing grass from Europe grown for hay, lawns, and to make soil better

perennial ryegrass
  • Specialized
6.3

A grass that lives for many years and is used for lawns and to feed animals

How Hardy

buffel grass
  • Australian
8.9
buffalo grass
  • US
1 4.4
ryegrass
  • Specialized
1 4.9
Kentucky bluegrass
  • Specialized
1 4.4

Surface Forms

ryegrass singular
ryegrasses plural

Morphology

ryegrass = rye + grass (transparent) = rye + grass

A straightforward compound of 'rye' + 'grass' denoting a type of grass; learners can infer it is a grass associated with or similar to rye.

Etymology

Ryegrass is simply the two words rye ('a cereal grain') and grass. It was named for grasses that grew with or looked like rye, so ryegrass became the common name for the grasses people use for pastures, hay, and lawns.