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Definition of Blue grass

1. Noun. Any of various grasses of the genus Poa.

Definition of Blue grass

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of bluegrass) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Blue grass

1. A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass. Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pratensis) which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and drought better than other kinds, and is very nutritious. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Blue grass

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1. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1903)
"You get a start, but the blue grass pasture does not come quickly into profitable nse. Yon can sow clover with the blue grass, and where the conditions are ..."

2. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1892)
"The blue grass alone is not the most profitable pasturage. It don't furnish as much feed as orchard or mixed grasses. I don't want to occupy all the time. ..."

3. The Book of Grasses: An Illustrated Guide to the Common Grasses, and the by Mary Francis Baker (1912)
"June Grass, as this species is often called, is really a more appropriate name than Blue-grass, as the plants lack the deep blue-green colour which ..."

4. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau (1905)
"KENTUCKY blue grass. The germination of Kentucky blue-grass seed (Poa ... Again, in 1880 a specimen of blue grass from the same locality would not sprout in ..."

5. Forage Plants and Their Culture by Charles Vancouver Piper (1914)
"Texas blue-grass has been tested at many of the ex- pe.riment stations, ... It makes rather more growth than Kentucky blue-grass, and being more bunchy in ..."

6. The German Element in the United States by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"These statistics furnish a most convincing proof that the central and western areas of the blue grass Region were settled very early by Germans. ..."

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