kentucky blue grass

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kentucky blue grass - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kentucky \Ken*tuck"y\, prop. n.
     One of the United States.
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     Kentucky blue grass (Bot.), a valuable pasture and meadow
        grass (Poa pratensis), found in both Europe and America.
        See under Blue grass.
  
     Kentucky coffee tree (Bot.), a tall North American tree
        (Gymnocladus Canadensis) with bipinnate leaves. It
        produces large woody pods containing a few seeds which
        have been used as a substitute for coffee. The timber is
        very valuable.
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  Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? grass.] (Bot.)
     A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as
     the kinds called meadow grass, Kentucky blue grass, June grass
     , and spear grass (which see).
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  Blue grass \Blue" grass`\ (Bot.)
     A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems,
     valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.
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     Kentucky blue grass, a species of grass (Poa pratensis)
        which has running rootstocks and spreads rapidly. It is
        valuable as a pasture grass, as it endures both winter and
        drought better than other kinds, and is very nutritious.
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