ryegrass (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *ryegrass*:
NOUN	plant	ryegrass, rye grass	any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses

English > *ryegrass*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses.
Synonym	rye grass
Member of	Lolium, genus Lolium	darnel
Narrower	Italian ryegrass, Italian rye, Lolium multiflorum	European grass much used for hay and in United States also for turf and green manure
	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
Spanish	ballico, joyo, lolium
Catalan	lolium, margall

HyperDic: ryegrass