Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the most valuable of all fodder-grasses, Phleum pratense, otherwise known as cattail or herd's-grass.
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Examples
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I delight to make him scramble to the tops of eminences and to the foot of waterfalls, and am obliged in turn to admire his turnips, his lucern, and his timothy-grass.
Chapter XVII 1917
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He was a little pale as he took the reins and climbed to his seat on the machine, to drive it himself through the meadow of high, thick timothy-grass.
The Great Hunger Johan Bojer 1915
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The tall timothy-grass rustled up almost to their waists.
Young Lucretia and Other Stories Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman 1891
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Taking a long culm of timothy-grass, I inserted the tip into the burrow.
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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They planted nutritious English grass such as timothy-grass, which provided more feed for livestock, and potatoes, which provided a high production rate that was an advantage for small farms.
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They planted nutritious English grass such as timothy-grass, which provided more feed for livestock, and potatoes, which provided a high production rate that was an advantage for small farms.
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