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Blue grass

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Blue·grass also Blue·grass Country or Blue·grass Region  (blgrs)
A region of central Kentucky noted for its lushly growing bluegrass and the breeding of thoroughbred horses.

blue·grass  (blgrs)
n.
1. also blue grass Any of various grasses of the genus Poa, including many valuable lawn and pasture plants, such as Kentucky bluegrass, and also some weeds.
2. Music A type of folk music that originated in the southern United States, typically played on banjos and guitars and characterized by rapid tempos and jazzlike improvisation.
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Noun1.Blue grass - any of various grasses of the genus Poablue grass - any of various grasses of the genus Poa
grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
genus Poa, Poa - chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions
June grass, Kentucky blue, Kentucky bluegrass, Kentucy blue grass, Poa pratensis - valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures


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So that makes me part blue grass and part fossil; if there is any older or better stock, you will have to look for it among the Four Hundred, I reckon.
 
 
 
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