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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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