midge grass

English

Noun

midge grass (uncountable)

1. Holcus lanatus; velvetgrass
   • 1894, “Charæas graminis in Southern Scotland”, in The Entomologist, volume 27, page 280:

     The species of grass and other plants that are most affected are […] midge grass (Holcus lanatus) […]

Synonyms

• Yorkshire fog

References

• Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary‎^[1], volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 105