Ryegrass Definition

rīgras
noun
Any of a genus (Lolium) of annual or short-lived perennial grasses, often grown for lawns or as forage.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • rye grass

Other Word Forms of Ryegrass

Noun

Singular:
ryegrass
Plural:
ryegrasses

Origin of Ryegrass

  • Alteration of raygrass ray darnel (from Middle English rai) (perhaps alteration of Old French ivraie) (from Latin ēbriāca) (from feminine of ēbriācus drunk (from the plant's effects if ingested)) (from ēbrius inebriate) grass

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • rye +"Ž grass

    From Wiktionary

Ryegrass Sentence Examples

  • Amongst grasses the highest place must be assigned to ryegrass, especially - to the Italian variety, commonly called Lolium italicum.

  • In England hunters and carriage horses are generally fed on natural hay, in Scotland on Timothy, largely imported from Canada, or ryegrass hay that has not been grown with nitrate of soda.

  • Contains 70% amenity ryegrass and 30% creeping red fescue.

  • This mix includes a dwarf ryegrass to increase the hardiness of the sward.

  • Some of the pastures are sown grasslands dominated by ryegrass and few other species - low biodiversity is in-built.

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Words Starting With

RRYRYE

Words Ending With

SSSASS

Unscrambles

ryegrass

Words Starting With R and Ending With S

Starts With R & Ends With SStarts With RY & Ends With SStarts With R & Ends With SS

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With R8 Letter Words Ending With S