ryegrass

English

Etymology

From rye +‎ grass. But compare English ray grass.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ryegrass (countable and uncountable, plural ryegrasses)

1. (countable) Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium.

   Synonym: lolium

   Hyponyms: annual ryegrass, ray grass

   Perennial ryegrass is an important species for lawn seed mixes.

2. (uncountable) A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field.

   We seeded the meadow with ryegrass to provide better forage.

Derived terms

• annual ryegrass

Descendants

• → Catalan: raigràs
• → Romanian: raigras
• → Spanish: raigrás

Translations

species of grasses

• Armenian: որոմ (hy) (orom)
• Basque: llollobelar
• Breton: dreog
• Bulgarian: райграс m (rajgras)
• Catalan: margall (ca) m, raigràs m
• Czech: jílek (cs) m
• Dutch: raaigras (nl) n
• Finnish: raiheinä (fi); rairuoho (fi) (as an Easter decoration)
• French: ivraie (fr) f
• German: Lolch (de) m, Weidelgras n
• Greek: ήρα (el) f (íra)

  Ancient Greek: αἶρα f (aîra), (Koine) θύαρος m (thúaros)

• Irish: coirce préacháin m
• Kashubian: pòszczesnik m
• Latin: lolium n
• Māori: karaehi rae
• Mazanderani: چچم (čečëm)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: raigress n, marehalm m

• Persian: زیوان (zivân), رغید (raġid), شیلم (šeylam)
• Polish: życica (pl) f
• Portuguese: joio (pt) m
• Romanian: zizanie (ro) f, raigras n
• Russian: пле́вел (ru) m (plével)
• Slovene: ljuljka f
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} margallo, raigrás m, césped inglés m, ballico (es) m, vallico (es) m