June grass

American  

noun

1. Kentucky bluegrass.

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Etymology

Origin of June grass

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

Food for snakes that lurked in the long June grass.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

The thick June grass was coated with dew.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

When Ethel Thompson arrived in the early morning that followed her interview with McNutt she rode her pony through the gap in the rail fence, across the June grass, and around to the back door.

From Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)

In the dry, hot weeks of July and August, June grass rests and the Bermuda, which continues to spread, assumes control of the lawn, with but little of the June grass in sight.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)

By piercing potatoes, carrots, etc., quack-grass, June grass, Bermuda grass are sometimes carried to other fields or farms where the tubers and roots are planted.

From Seeds of Michigan Weeds Bulletin 260, Michigan State Agricultural College Experiment Station, Division of Botany, March, 1910 by Beal, W. J. (William James)