bluegrass

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun any of various grasses of the genus Poa
noun an area in central Kentucky noted for it bluegrass and thoroughbred horses
noun a type of country music played at a rapid tempo on banjos and guitars

From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.

WABASH.--The Wabash river, and W. and E. canal, pass through it, as does the Missisinawa, Eel, Bluegrass, and Salamania. — A New Guide for Emigrants to the West, John Mason Peck
"But how'n thunder am I to know the robbers when I see 'em?" demanded the marshal, nervously pulling bluegrass up by the roots. — The Daughter of Anderson Crow, George Barr McCutcheon
But if the town were left without troops she would go back to her relatives in the Bluegrass, as Bill Skelly's band to the eastward in the mountains was raiding and plundering and had become a great menace. — The Rock of Chickamauga: A Story of the Western Crisis, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

blue grass

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