ryegrass
ryegrass
Definition
rye·grass (-gras′, -gräs′)
noun
any of a genus (Lolium) of annual or short-lived perennial grasses, often grown for lawns or as forage
ryegrass
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- dominate: Some of the pastures are sown grasslands dominated by ryegrass and few other species - low biodiversity is in-built.
Converse of object
- contain: Having determined that the area under consideration does not contain ryegrass the second consideration is the age of the sward.
- include: This mix includes a dwarf ryegrass to increase the hardiness of the sward.
Adjective modifier
- perennial: Sheep and cattle given a free choice between perennial ryegrass and white clover tend to select a mixed diet with perhaps two thirds clover.
- Italian: Italian ryegrass is one of the most important forage grasses in temperate regions.
- rigid: Current status The first documented case of glyphosate resistance was reported in 1996 involving rigid ryegrass in Australia.
- hybrid: Italian or hybrid ryegrass may be sown alone ( for short term swards ) or with perennial ryegrass.
Modifies a noun
- sward: Grass silage containing 296 g VCDM per kg FW was produced from the primary growth of a perennial ryegrass sward.
- plant: Similarly a raised height of cut ( e.g. on a winter sports pitch will help the ryegrass plant population to dominate ).
- ley: Very small losses were found under a vigorously growing Italian ryegrass ley.
- mosaic: Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequencing of a South African isolate of ryegrass mosaic virus and in vitro expression of the coat protein gene.
- virus: Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequencing of a South African isolate of ryegrass mosaic virus and in vitro expression of the coat protein gene.
- population: Similarly a raised height of cut ( e.g. on a winter sports pitch will help the ryegrass plant population to dominate ).
Noun used with modifier
