orchard grass

American  

noun

1. a weedy grass, Dactylis glomerata, often grown for pastures.

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Etymology

Origin of orchard grass

First recorded in 1755–65

Example Sentences

On a wagon ride from the Pittsfield train station, Melville scribbled the names of all the grasses he knew: redtop, ribbon grass, finger grass, orchard grass, hair grass.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

Pollen blew from sycamore trees in Southern California, from orchard grass in Tennessee, from the oaks of New England.

From Time Magazine Archive

The result: knee-high waves of goldenrod, aster, orchard grass and fleabane.

From Time Magazine Archive

We have planted the fields with a cover crop of rye grass and orchard grass, and this month are cutting it and throwing it under the trees.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Under the spell of her beauty, he was aware of a pleasurable sensation, as though the pale rose of the orchard grass had gone to his head and coloured his vision.

From The Miller Of Old Church by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson