meadow grass

noun

1. any grass of the genus Poa, especially P. pratensis, the Kentucky bluegrass.

meadow grass

noun

1. a perennial grass, Poa pratensis, that has erect hairless leaves and grows in meadows and similar places in N temperate regions

Word History and Origins

Origin of meadow grass¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

Example Sentences

I noticed the rusting, yellow toy truck beneath the cabin that my boys played with when they were barely taller than the meadow grass.

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Polly is a roan pony; very round in the barrel, and particularly so of late, when there has been no food but meadow-grass.

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Both men sat down upon their crossed feet in the tall meadow-grass to carry out the familiar suggestion.

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Very shy, of peering eyes, he keeps well out of sight in the meadow grass before entrancing our listening ears.

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"Here we are," almost whispered Isabel, for the bird was about settled on a tuft of meadow grass.

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Here are cattle, red and dappled, cropping the meadow grass.

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