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
By creeping root-stocks, as June grass, quack-grass and toad-flax.
From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by Beal, W. J. (William James)
She found Allyn quite at the farther side of the grounds, lying in the tall June grass with his arms folded under his head.
From Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book by Ray, Anna Chapin
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)
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