ryegrass
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- noun
- /ˈraɪˌɡræs/
- Specialized
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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
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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
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A grass often grown for lawns or animal feed
A grass that grows quickly and is used for hay, lawns, and to improve soil
A fast-growing grass from Europe grown for hay, lawns, and to make soil better
A fast-growing grass grown for hay, lawns, and to improve soil
A grass that lives for many years and is used for lawns and to feed animals
A grass from Europe that lives for many years and is grown for pasture, hay and lawns
A group of grass plants like ryegrass grown for animal feed or for lawns
A large tall grass that grows for many years and helps hold soil
Compounds
A grass from Europe that lives for many years and is grown for pasture, hay and lawns
- Specialized
A fast-growing grass from Europe grown for hay, lawns, and to make soil better
- Specialized
A grass that lives for many years and is used for lawns and to feed animals
How Hardy
- Australian
- US
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- Specialized
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
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.