ryegrass

American  

[rahy-gras, -grahs] / ˈraɪˌgræs, -ˌgrɑs /

noun

1. any of several European grasses of the genus Lolium, as L. perenne perennial ryegrass, grown for forage in the U.S.

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Etymology

Origin of ryegrass

First recorded in 1740–50; rye ¹ + grass

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ryegrass

The perennial ryegrass used in Europe is resistant to wear, but it also doesn’t have the traction players have become accustomed to in the NFL.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Fast, bouncy pitches usually come from a soil with a high clay content, yet clay is no friend of the ryegrass that grows in this country.

From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024

“If you have any blemishes, the ryegrass will hide blemishes. To say that’s a Bermudagrass field they played on, yeah, there’s Bermudagrass in there. But they’re mostly playing on the surface, which is a ryegrass.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023

Lawns make up one-third of the country’s 135 million acres of residential landscaping, according to the ecologist Douglas W. Tallamy, who calls the velvety carpeting of bluegrass or ryegrass “ecological dead zones.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2022

The sun was blazing down, the air was sweet, but every leaf that the wind lifted, every rustle of a pheasant hen in a clump of ryegrass, sent needles of fear through their veins.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison