orchard grass

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noun

a weedy grass, Dactylis glomerata, often grown for pastures.

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Also called cock's foot.

Origin of orchard grass

First recorded in 1755–65

Words nearby orchard grass

Orcagna, orcein, orch., orchard, orchard bush, orchard grass, orchardist, orchardman, orchard oriole, orchard valve, orchectomy

How to use orchard grass in a sentence

I see myself now, face downwards in the orchard grass, broken-hearted by the calamity.
Thirty Years in Australia|Ada Cambridge
I usually grow millet in the orchard for seven or eight years, and then—if anything—clover or orchard-grass.
The Apple|Various
Our opinion is, that guanoed land should always be sowed to clover, or clover and orchard grass.
Guano|Solon Robinson
The last of the new-tasting bough apples lie in the orchard grass.
Minstrel Weather|Marian Storm

Ken did find wood--not in the woodshed, but strewing the orchard grass; hard old apple-wood, gray and tough.
The Happy Venture|Edith Ballinger Price