noun.
Any of several species of tuftedgrasses of the genus, Lolium.
noun.
A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field.
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noun.
any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
Word Usage
"The local grass in Fort Myers is a very stiff broad-bladed variety, but we plant our test fields with annual ryegrass, which is more like the grass most mowers deal with throughout the rest of the country."