June grass
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of June grass
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55
Example Sentences
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The thick June grass was coated with dew.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
Food for snakes that lurked in the long June grass.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
Two grasses in fierce contention.—In growing a lawn at the Michigan Agricultural College, a little Bermuda grass was scattered with June grass, and the struggle has been most interesting.
From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)
It is readily distinguished from June grass by its having a rough sheath, while the latter has a smooth one, and by having a fibrous root, while the root of the other is creeping.
From Cattle and Their Diseases Embracing Their History and Breeds, Crossing and Breeding, And Feeding and Management; With the Diseases to which They are Subject, And The Remedies Best Adapted to their Cure by Jennings, Robert
Charlie Granger, stake holder of ten thousand dollars, cut viciously at the June grass with his riding quirt and snapped his words out bluntly as he came striding up to Hume.
From The Short Cut by Johnson, Frank Tenney
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