redtop
any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.
Origin of redtop
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How to use redtop in a sentence
Soon Fox reached a place where the rye grass, or wild redtop, was very thick and tall.
Myths and Legends of British North America | Katharine Berry JudsonFoxtail (Setaria glauca), false redtop (Triodia flava), and panic grass (Panicum clandestinum) also occur commonly.
Home Range and Movements of the Eastern Cottontail in Kansas | Donald W. Janesredtop, clover, and timothy grow rank, and are profitably cultivated.
Fifty Years In The Northwest | William Henry Carman FolsomIt was the stalks, above the upper joint, of spear-grass and redtop grass growing so profusely in Weathersfield.
Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleTimothy and redtop and witch-grass are the very children of olus.
In the Open | Stanton Davis Kirkham
British Dictionary definitions for red-top
a tabloid newspaper characterized by sensationalism
Origin of red-top
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