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kentucky bluegrass

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables
ken-tuck-y blue-grass
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Poa pratensis; a perennial species of grass native to practically all of Europe, North Asia and the mountains of Algeria and Morocco, and, while not native to North America, found across humid regions of the United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

The grass is commonly found in Kentucky, particularly in its Bluegrass region.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Kentucky bluegrasses (plural)

Synonyms

bluegrass kentucky blue kentucy blue grass june grass poa pratensis

Questions

What does kentucky bluegrass mean?
Poa pratensis; a perennial species of grass native to practically all of Europe, North Asia and the mountains of Algeria and Morocco, and, while not native to North America, found across humid regions of the United States.
Where does kentucky bluegrass come from?
The grass is commonly found in Kentucky, particularly in its Bluegrass region.

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