orchard grass

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of orchard grass

First recorded in 1755–65

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orchard grass

On a wagon ride from the Pittsfield train station, Melville scribbled the names of all the grasses he knew: redtop, ribbon grass, finger grass, orchard grass, hair grass.

From The New Yorker ● Jul. 22, 2019

The result: knee-high waves of goldenrod, aster, orchard grass and fleabane.

From Time Magazine Archive

Pollen blew from sycamore trees in Southern California, from orchard grass in Tennessee, from the oaks of New England.

From Time Magazine Archive

What hues the sunlight had, how rich the shadows were, The blue and tangled shadows dropped from the crusted branches Of the warped apple-trees upon the orchard grass.

From Poems - First Series by J. C. (John Collings) Squire

Carnforth had been gone some twenty minutes when Eleanor stood among the orchard grass, from which the ranks of blackened fir-stumps rose outside the ranch.

From Thrice Armed by Harold Bindloss

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