herd-grassherd's-grassn.
U.S.
A name for various grasses grown for hay or pasture; esp. Timothy, Phleum pratense, and Redtop, Agrostis vulgaris.
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windlestrawc1000
red grass1582
spring grass1643
sweet-grass1709
herd-grass1747
Guinea grass1756
vernal grass1762
vernal1771
Paspalum1772
buffalo grass1784
Rhode Island bent1790
red-top1792
finetop1824
kangaroo-grass1827
gamagrass1831
sweet vernal grass1839
yellow-top1839
grama1844
sesame grass1845
sacate1848
Para grass1850
Hungarian1859
alfilaria1860
sacaton1865
Mitchell grass1867
teosinte1877
Landsborough grass1883
turnip-grass1889
brown top1891
ichu1891
manna1897
Rhodes grass1903
Sudan1911
Kikuyu grass1913
never-fail1923
buffel grass1955
1747 B. Franklin Let. in Wks. (1887) II. 81 I sowed near thirty acres with red clover and herd-grass.
1787 M. Cutler Jrnl. 16 July in Life, Jrnls. & Corr. (1888) I. vii. 288 They begin, however, to sow some quantity of herd's-grass seed, which they call Timothy.
1834 D. Low Elem. Pract. Agric. (1847) 521 It [Phleum pratense] is called herd-grass in America, and is greatly valued there as an herbage and forage plant.
1856 F. L. Olmsted Journey Slave States 41 Herd's-grass (red-top), sometimes taking the place of the clover, or being grown with it for hay.
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