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Definition of Bluegrass
1. Noun. Any of various grasses of the genus Poa.
Generic synonyms: Grass
Group relationships: Genus Poa, Poa
Specialized synonyms: June Grass, Kentucky Blue, Kentucky Bluegrass, Kentucy Blue Grass, Poa Pratensis
2. Noun. An area in central Kentucky noted for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses.
Generic synonyms: Geographic Area, Geographic Region, Geographical Area, Geographical Region
3. Noun. A type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars.
Definition of Bluegrass
1. Noun. A type of grass of the genus ''Poa''. ¹
2. Noun. A style of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz. Characterized by banjos, fiddles, and mandolins, but containing no drums. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bluegrass
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bluegrass
Literary usage of Bluegrass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All That's Kentucky: An Anthology by Josiah Henry Combs (1915)
"Assembled in the "hub," And give a shout for "Old Kaintuck," For we're The
bluegrass Club. Let's man to man, with joyous hearts Now beating in our breasts, ..."
2. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"bluegrass bluegrass is the most important pasture grass in America. ... The area
adapted to bluegrass is, in general, the humid region, that is, ..."
3. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"A number of the samples of Kentucky bluegrass seed examined contained seed of
the Canada bluegrass. As the latter seed found in commerce usually contains ..."
4. Reminiscences of General Basil W. Duke by Basil Wilson Duke (1909)
"CHAPTER II I WAS born and reared in the bluegrass region of Kentucky. It is widely
and justly celebrated for its beauty and fertility. ..."
5. The Kentucky River Navigationby Mary Verhoeff by Mary Verhoeff (1917)
"... north of Valley View, Kentucky 9 Open sinkhole in the bluegrass ii Knobs and
hills rising above the Lexington Peneplain ii Facsimile of a letter from ..."
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