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ryegrass

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Examples

  • Perennial ryegrass is an important species for lawn seed mixes.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lolium

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A collection of plants of any of the species, as in a lawn or field.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • We seeded the meadow with ryegrass to provide better forage.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rye grass

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grass

Narrower terms: perennial ryegrass, English ryegrass, Lolium perenne, Italian ryegrass, Italian rye, Lolium multiflorum, darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum

History

Etymology

From rye + grass. But compare English ray grass.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: որոմ (orom) — species of grasses
  • Basque: llollobelar — species of grasses
  • Breton: dreog — species of grasses
  • Bulgarian: райграс (rajgras) — species of grasses
  • Catalan: margall — species of grasses
  • Catalan: raigràs — species of grasses
  • Czech: jílek — species of grasses
  • Dutch: raaigras — species of grasses
  • Finnish: raiheinä — species of grasses
  • Finnish: rairuoho — species of grasses
  • French: ivraie — species of grasses
  • German: Lolch — species of grasses
  • German: Weidelgras — species of grasses
  • Greek: ήρα (íra) — species of grasses
  • Ancient Greek: αἶρα (aîra) — species of grasses
  • Ancient Greek: θύαρος (thúaros) — species of grasses
  • Irish: coirce préacháin — species of grasses
  • Kashubian: pòszczesnik — species of grasses
  • Latin: lolium — species of grasses
  • Māori: karaehi rae — species of grasses
  • Mazanderani: چچم (čečëm) — species of grasses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: raigress — species of grasses
  • Norwegian Bokmål: marehalm — species of grasses
  • Persian: زیوان (zivân) — species of grasses
  • Persian: رغید (raġid) — species of grasses
  • Persian: شیلم (šeylam) — species of grasses
  • Polish: życica — species of grasses
  • Portuguese: joio — species of grasses
  • Romanian: zizanie — species of grasses
  • Romanian: raigras — species of grasses
  • Russian: пле́вел (plével) — species of grasses
  • Slovene: ljuljka — species of grasses
  • Spanish: raigrás — species of grasses
  • Spanish: césped inglés — species of grasses
  • Spanish: ballico — species of grasses
  • Spanish: vallico — species of grasses