timothy

See also: Timothy

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• Timothy

Etymology

Named after Timothy Hanson, who carried the seed from New England to Maryland about 1720.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪməθi/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪməθi
• Hyphenation: tim‧o‧thy

Noun

timothy (usually uncountable, plural timothies)

1. Phleum pratense, timothy-grass, native to Europe, but introduced widely and naturalized in US.
2. Phleum alpinum, mountain timothy, native to North America.
3. Other species of genus Phleum.

Synonyms

• catstail
• timothy-grass, Timothy-grass
• timothy grass, Timothy grass

Derived terms

• alpine timothy
• mountain timothy (Phleum alpinum)
• timothy-grass (herd's-grass) (Phleum pratense)
• timothy hay

Translations

grass of genus Phleum

• Belarusian: цімафе́еўка f (cimafjéjeŭka)
• Catalan: cua de rata (ca) f
• Czech: bojínek m
• Danish: engrottehale c
• Dutch: doddegras n
• Faroese: timotey n
• Finnish: timotei (fi), nurmitähkiö (fi)
• French: fléole (fr) f, phléole (fr) f
• German: Lieschgras (de) n
• Irish: tiomóid f
• Italian: fleo (it) m, fleolo m
• Norman: coue f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: timotei m

  Nynorsk: timotei m

• Polish: tymotka f
• Romanian: timoftică (ro) f
• Romansch: flieula f
• Russian: тимофе́евка (ru) f (timoféjevka)
• Spanish: fleo (es) m
• Ukrainian: тимофі́ївка f (tymofíjivka)
• Welsh: rhonwellt m