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English[edit]

bluegrass (Poa pratensis) young seed heads
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (US) (file)
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.
Noun[edit]
bluegrass (countable and uncountable, plural bluegrasses)
Derived terms[edit]
- annual bluegrass (Poa annua)
- Australian bluegrass (Andropogon sericeus)
- big bluegrass (Poa ampla)
- bulbous bluegrass (Poa bulbosa)
- California bluegrass (Poa fendleriana)
- Canada bluegrass (Poa compressa)
- English bluegrass (Poa compressa)
- fowl bluegrass (Poa palustris)
- Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis)
- Merion bluegrass
- mutton bluegrass (Poa fendleriana)
- Nevada bluegrass (Poa nevadensis)
- rough bluegrass (Poa trivialis)
- rough-stalked bluegrass (Poa trivialis)
- Sandberg bluegrass (Poa secunda)
- Shenendoah bluegrass (Poa pratensis)
- Texas bluegrass (Poa arachnifera)
- wood bluegrass (Poa nemoralis)
Translations[edit]
type of grass
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References[edit]
Poa pratensis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Poa pratensis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Poa pratensis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2[edit]
From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956.
Noun[edit]
bluegrass (uncountable)
- (uncountable) A style of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments.
Translations[edit]
style of country music
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Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.) Pgs. 158-159.
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English bluegrass.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bluegrass m (uncountable)
- bluegrass (a style of country music)
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