rye-grass

British  

noun

1. any of various grasses of the genus Lolium , esp L. perenne , native to Europe, N Africa, and Asia and widely cultivated as forage crops. They have a flattened flower spike and hairless leaves

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rye-grass

There are no green bits, whatever those candied fruits are that masquerade in that not-found-in-nature shade of rye-grass green.

From Salon ● Dec. 21, 2023

This diminutive bird braves the coldest Winter, and during that season feeds on the seeds of long rye-grass, but in Summer on insects and berries.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by J. B. Tyrrell

He was also unfortunate with his lambs, which, during the same month, were folded on Italian rye-grass.

From The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron

He apportions his land to different crops after this ratio:— Wheat, 120 acres; oats, 80; rye-grass and clover, 50; roots, 60. 

From A Walk from London to John O'Groat's by Elihu Burritt

Over-ripe clover, vetches, or rye-grass are liable to produce the disease.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various