ryegrass

rye·grass or rye grass  (rgrs)

n.

See darnel.

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[Alteration of raygrass : ray, darnel (from Middle English rai, perhaps alteration of Old French ivraie, from Latin brica, from feminine of bricus, drunk (from the plant's effects if ingested), from brius; see inebriate) + grass.]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ryegrass - any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses rye grass grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay genus Lolium, Lolium - darnel; ryegrass English ryegrass, Lolium perenne, perennial ryegrass - European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass Italian rye, Italian ryegrass, Lolium multiflorum - European grass much used for hay and in United States also for turf and green manure bearded darnel, cheat, darnel, Lolium temulentum, tare - weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous