english grass

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english grass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Redtop \Red"top`\ (-t?p`), n. (Bot.)
     A kind of grass (Agrostis vulgaris) highly valued in the
     United States for pasturage and hay for cattle; -- called
     also English grass, and in some localities herd's grass.
     See Illustration in Appendix. The tall redtop is Triodia seslerioides
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