bluegrass
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bluegrass¹
Where it comes from
From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.
noun bluegrasses
- Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
bluegrass²
Where it comes from
From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956.
noun
- A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: kentucky bluegrass, speargrass, wintergrass, sandberg's bluegrass, devil grass, meadow grass, wheeler's bluegrass, nevada bluegrass, buffalo grass, clubgrass, bluestem grass, hair grass, yardgrass, dog grass, star grass, means grass
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noun type of grass
| Français | pâturin des prés |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Wiesenrispengras |
| Русский | мятлик mjatlik |
Talk about this word "bluegrass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bluegrass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bluegrass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bluegrass "bluegrass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bluegrass.Cite this
@misc{bluegrass_2026,
title = {bluegrass},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bluegrass},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
