cock's-foot
or cocks·foot
Origin of cock's-foot
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How to use cock's-foot in a sentence
It feeds on cocksfoot and various other grasses occurring in woodlands.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthIt feeds on cocksfoot and other grasses from June to August.
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series | Richard SouthHere is the rough "cocksfoot grass," with its head or "panicle" as it is called, upright and tufted.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children | W. HoughtonCocksfoot (orchard grass) was cultivated with great success and numbers of sheep were fattened on it.
Makers of Modern Agriculture | William MacdonaldSometimes a mixture of cocksfoot, English rye-grass, and white clover is used, or the two grasses alone are planted.
Australia The Dairy Country | Australia Department of External Affairs
British Dictionary definitions for cocksfoot
/ (ˈkɒksˌfʊt) /
a perennial Eurasian grass, Dactylis glomerata, cultivated as a pasture grass in North America and South Africa
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