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ryegrass
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ryegrass has 1 sense
- ryegrass(n = noun.plant) rye grass - any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses; Array is a kind of grass
is a member of genus lolium, lolium
has particulars: english ryegrass, lolium perenne, perennial ryegrass, italian rye, italian ryegrass, lolium multiflorum, bearded darnel, cheat, darnel, lolium temulentum, tare
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ryegrass, n. any forage or lawn grass of the genus Lolium, esp. L. perenne.
Etymology
obs. ray-grass, of unkn. orig.
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