orchard grass
noun
variants
or orchardgrass
: a widely grown tall stout hay and pasture grass (Dactylis glomerata) of Eurasia that grows in tufts and has loose open panicles
called also cocksfoot
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The project would start in September with regrading, or tilling the soil with nutrient-rich materials at an equal depth to cure aged soil compaction, re-establishing the historic furrows for flood watering and planting orchard grass.
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The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021
Rash now farms 30 acres of hay annually, doing about four cuttings of alfalfa, three cuttings of orchard grass and about two cuttings of timothy hay.
—Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Nov. 2020
Pollen from timothy grass, bluegrass, and orchard grass peaks over the summer, and ragweed pollen spikes in the fall.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 28 Apr. 2018
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The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Mar. 2021
Rash now farms 30 acres of hay annually, doing about four cuttings of alfalfa, three cuttings of orchard grass and about two cuttings of timothy hay.
—Lois Szymanski, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 9 Nov. 2020
Pollen from timothy grass, bluegrass, and orchard grass peaks over the summer, and ragweed pollen spikes in the fall.
—Umair Irfan, Vox, 28 Apr. 2018
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