ryegrass

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ryegrass

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From rye + grass. But compare English ray grass.

noun ryegrasses

  1. countable Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium. Perennial ryegrass is an important species for lawn seed mixes.

    Similar: lolium

  2. uncountable A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field. We seeded the meadow with ryegrass to provide better forage.

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noun species of grasses

Españolraigrás, césped inglés, ballico, vallico
Portuguêsjoio
Françaisivraie
DeutschLolch, Weidelgras
Ελληνικάήρα íra
Românăzizanie, raigras
Русскийпле́вел plével

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@misc{ryegrass_2026,
  title = {ryegrass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ryegrass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}