Definition of Italian ryegrass

1. Noun. European grass much used for hay and in United States also for turf and green manure.

Exact synonyms: Italian Rye, Lolium Multiflorum
Generic synonyms: Rye Grass, Ryegrass

Lexicographical Neighbors of Italian Ryegrass

Italian flap
Italian greyhound
Italian grip
Italian honeysuckle
Italian ice
Italian lira
Italian method
Italian millet
Italian monetary unit
Italian operation
Italian parsley
Italian region
Italian rhinoplasty
Italian rice
Italian rye
Italian sandwich
Italian sonnet
Italian sonnets
Italian vegetable marrow
Italian vermouth
Italian woodbine
Italianate
Italianated
Italianating
Italianisation
Italianise
Italianised
Italianises
Italianising

Literary usage of Italian ryegrass

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1879)
"By fresh seed being sown among the old plants, italian ryegrass thus treated has lasted seven or eight years. Its more usual duration is, however, ..."

2. British Farmer's Magazine (1869)
"On stiff clays the objection to the use of italian ryegrass was lessened, and on lands recently brought into cultivation—more particularly those of a peaty ..."

3. British Farmer's Magazine (1853)
"21 Ib. during the month in the hammels, having been fed on vetches and Italian ryegrass, with no cake. (These two lots in the hammels increased in weight, ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"italian ryegrass and red clover are now frequently sown in mixture for soiling, and succeed admirably. It is, however, a wiser course to sow them separately ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"italian ryegrass and red clover are now frequently sown in mixture for soiling, and succeed admirably. It is, however, a wiser course to sow them separately ..."

6. English Agriculture in 1850-51 by James Caird (1852)
"Sixty acres are in meadow, and forty in tillage, all of which is under Italian ryegrass. The rapid growth of this grass, and the immense yield of forage ..."

7. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1879)
"By fresh seed being sown among the old plants, italian ryegrass thus treated has lasted seven or eight years. Its more usual duration is, however, ..."

8. British Farmer's Magazine (1869)
"On stiff clays the objection to the use of italian ryegrass was lessened, and on lands recently brought into cultivation—more particularly those of a peaty ..."

9. British Farmer's Magazine (1853)
"21 Ib. during the month in the hammels, having been fed on vetches and Italian ryegrass, with no cake. (These two lots in the hammels increased in weight, ..."

10. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"italian ryegrass and red clover are now frequently sown in mixture for soiling, and succeed admirably. It is, however, a wiser course to sow them separately ..."

11. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"italian ryegrass and red clover are now frequently sown in mixture for soiling, and succeed admirably. It is, however, a wiser course to sow them separately ..."

12. English Agriculture in 1850-51 by James Caird (1852)
"Sixty acres are in meadow, and forty in tillage, all of which is under Italian ryegrass. The rapid growth of this grass, and the immense yield of forage ..."

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