tall meadow grass

6.1

A tall rough grass that grows in meadows and roadsides and is used for hay

noun

: hierba alta de pradera

Farmers often use tall meadow grass as a source of hay for their livestock.

Examples

The field was dotted with patches of tall meadow grass swaying in the breeze.
On our walk, we noticed how the tall meadow grass towered above the wildflowers nearby.
The tall meadow grass swayed gently in the breeze.
Farmers often use tall meadow grass for their livestock.
Farmers often use tall meadow grass as a source of hay for their livestock.
The field was dotted with patches of tall meadow grass swaying in the breeze.
On our walk, we noticed how the tall meadow grass towered above the wildflowers nearby.

Synonyms

Arrhenatherum elatius

vstall meadow grass

Specialized

9.9

A tall rough grass like oats that grows in meadows and roadsides

is the common name rather than the scientific term

tall oat grass

vstall meadow grass

7.1

A tall rough grass from Europe and Asia that looks like oats and grows by roads and fields

is a general descriptive label rather than a formal name

false oat

vstall meadow grass

8.9

A tall coarse grass like oat that grows by roadsides, in fields, and is used for animal feed

is the neutral species name without implying imitation

French rye

vstall meadow grass

Specialized

9.8

A rough grass from Europe and Asia that grows by roads and in meadows and is used to feed animals

is the standard descriptive name without regional coloring

evergreen grass

vstall meadow grass

5.5

A coarse grass like oats that stays green all year on roadsides and meadows

is the accurate botanical description without implying year-round leaves

Surface Forms

tall meadow grass singular

tall meadow grasses plural

Morphology

tall + meadow + grass

The phrase is fully compositional: 'tall' (height) + 'meadow' (grassland) + 'grass' (plants) yields a straightforward referent — grass of notable height found in meadows. A B1 learner who knows the constituent words can infer the general meaning (a kind of tall meadow grass), even if specific botanical details are not predictable.

Etymology

The noun tall meadow grass comes from a simple picture: it is the tall kind of grass that grows in a meadow. Farmers called these long field grasses that could be cut and dried as 'animal food', so today the name means the rough grasses you find in meadows and use for hay.