English > rye grass: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | Any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses. |
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Synonym | ryegrass |
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Member of | Lolium, genus Lolium | darnel |
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Narrower | Italian ryegrass, Italian rye, Lolium multiflorum | European grass much used for hay and in United States also for turf and green manure |
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darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum | weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land |
perennial ryegrass, English ryegrass, Lolium perenne | European perennial grass widely cultivated for pasture and hay and as a lawn grass |
Broader | grass | Narrow-leaved green herbage |
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Spanish | ballico, joyo, lolium |
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Catalan | lolium, margall |
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