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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Example Sentences

The unseasonal weather buffets willow, blackberry flowers, cocksfoot and sorrel along the defunct trackbed of the Atlantic Coast Express, and a few jackdaws rise above the quarry's sheltering cliffs.

From The Guardian

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

From BBC

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

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg