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Definition of June grass
1. Noun. Valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures.
Group relationships: Genus Poa, Poa
Generic synonyms: Blue Grass, Bluegrass
Lexicographical Neighbors of June Grass
Literary usage of June grass
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"Turf-forming grasses are those that spread freely by creeping rootstocks, such
as June-grass, quack-grass, Bermuda-grass, Rhode Island bent and redtop, ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Turf-forming Grasses are those that spread freely by creeping rootstocks, such
as June-grass, quack-grass, Bermuda-grass, Rhode Island bent and red-top, ..."
3. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1870)
"Jt yielded but a scanty amount of hay, and that of very poor quality, being June-
grass or white-top. A portion of the field had not been plowed for ..."
4. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1868)
"For pastures on moist land, june grass, redtop, tall fescue, orchard grass,
rough-stalked meadow grass, and floating fescue. ..."
5. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1858)
"I sent specimens of tho June-grass and Kentucky Bluo-gruns to the Ohio Farmer
... It may be that the northern June-grass is the " Poa syl ves tris," or some ..."
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