Lexic.us

Definition of Kentucky bluegrass

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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kentucky Bluegrass

Literary usage of Kentucky bluegrass

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

1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry (1905)
"The fact that Canada bluegrass only begins to flower at the time kentucky bluegrass is ripe precludes the possibility of the mixture of the two kinds of ..."

2. Meadows and Pastures by Joseph Elwyn Wing (1911)
"Lands lacking in lime, in fertility, may take it quite well when they would not take kentucky bluegrass at all. The best grasses to mix with it for somewhat ..."

3. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1920)
"Experiments designed to ascertain the effect of light, temperature, and nutrient solutions on the germination of kentucky bluegrass and Canada ..."

4. A Manual of Farm Grasses by Albert Spear Hitchcock (1921)
"On the whole, Canada bluegrass is of no importance except under conditions not suited to kentucky bluegrass. The seed is nearly all produced in the ..."

5. Lawn Soils by Oswald Schreiner, Joshua John Skinner (1911)
"North of Tennessee, red top (Agrostis alba) mixes well with kentucky bluegrass, stands hard usage and hot weather, frequently growing where bluegrass fails. ..."

6. Bulletin of the National Research Council by National Research Council (U.S.) (1921)
"In 1912 two areas were seeded to kentucky bluegrass, timothy, orchard grass, and Hungarian brome. The seed on one area was trampled in by sheep, ..."

7. Feeds and Feeding Abridged by William Arnon Henry, Frank Barron Morrison (1915)
"Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa) will yield fair pasturage or small crops of hay on poor or thin soil where kentucky bluegrass fails. ..."

8. North American Forest Research: Investigative Projects in Forestry and by Earle Hart Clapp (1920)
"In 1912 two areas were seeded to kentucky bluegrass, timothy, orchard grass, and Hungarian brome. The seed on one area was trampled in by sheep, ..."

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