June grass

American  

noun

1. Kentucky bluegrass.

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Etymology

Origin of June grass

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

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

That was what the voice seemed to say to John McIntyre as he stood in the lush June grass, just on the borderland between the purple and the amber, and held his breath to listen.

From Treasure Valley by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

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

And still he stood, waiting, in the long, scented June grass, with a feeling of further expectancy.

From Treasure Valley by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller