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• a variation of cock's-foot.

cocksfoot

British  

/ ˈkɒksˌfʊt /

noun

1. a perennial Eurasian grass, Dactylis glomerata, cultivated as a pasture grass in North America and South Africa

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cocksfoot

As for grasses, the main pollinating plants are timothy, rye, cocksfoot, meadow and fescue.

From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2010

He was pulling at the heads of the cocksfoot grass as he walked.

From The Trespasser by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

Thus in the dry sandy soil you may find broom, spurrey, sheep's fescue, pine trees, all with narrow leaves; whilst on the moister soil you may find burdock, primroses, cocksfoot and other broad-leaved plants.

From Lessons on Soil by E. J. Russell

Sometimes a mixture of cocksfoot, English rye-grass, and white clover is used, or the two grasses alone are planted.

From Australia, The Dairy Country by Australia. Dept. of External Affairs

There was little knowledge of the various sorts of grasses at this time, and to Young is due the credit of introducing the cocksfoot, and crested dog's tail.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts) Curtler