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rye-grass

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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We rode on a mile further and saw a young antelope lying down in some tall rye-grass.

Various kinds of fodder crops are grown in Transcaucasia, such as hay, rye-grass and lucerne.

The grasses they fed upon were mixtures of cocks-foot, timothy, rye-grass, and white clover.

Italian rye-grass and red clover are now frequently sown in mixture for soiling, and succeed admirably.

Turf very thick and springy, supporting two or three kinds of grass resembling red-top and bearded rye-grass.

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