redtop

[ red-top ]

/ ˈrɛdˌtɒp /

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noun

any of several grasses of the genus Agrostis having reddish panicles, as A. gigantea, widely cultivated for lawns and pasturage.

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Origin of redtop

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; red¹ + top¹

Words nearby redtop

red supergiant, red tag, red-tailed hawk, red tape, red tide, redtop, Red Tory, red trillium, reduce, reduced, reduced level

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How to use redtop in a sentence

Soon Fox reached a place where the rye grass, or wild redtop, was very thick and tall.
Myths and Legends of British North America|Katharine Berry Judson
Foxtail (Setaria glauca), false redtop (Triodia flava), and panic grass (Panicum clandestinum) also occur commonly.
Home Range and Movements of the Eastern Cottontail in Kansas|Donald W. Janes
Redtop, clover, and timothy grow rank, and are profitably cultivated.
Fifty Years In The Northwest|William Henry Carman Folsom
It was the stalks, above the upper joint, of spear-grass and redtop grass growing so profusely in Weathersfield.
Home Life in Colonial Days|Alice Morse Earle

Timothy and redtop and witch-grass are the very children of olus.
In the Open|Stanton Davis Kirkham

British Dictionary definitions for redtop

red-top

noun

a tabloid newspaper characterized by sensationalism

Word Origin for red-top

C20: from the colour of the masthead on these publications

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