Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various grasses of the genus Poa, having bluish spikelets, including species such as Kentucky bluegrass that are used for pastures and lawns and others that are considered weeds.
- noun Music A type of country music that originated in the southern United States, typically played on acoustic stringed instruments and characterized by rapid tempos and jazzlike improvisation.
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- noun countable Kentucky bluegrass, Poa pretensis.
- noun uncountable A style of
country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music,blues , andjazz . Characterized bybanjos ,fiddles , andmandolins , but containing no drums.
Etymologies
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Their bluegrass is very widely defined, and we were about to set out on tour when I said, "By the way, can you do this?"
Mike Ragogna: A Tiger Suit, Junip & Great Companions: Conversations with KT Tunstall, Dar Williams, and José González, plus a KT Video Exclusive Mike Ragogna 2010
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"My fanatical interest in bluegrass began when I was 9 years old," he wrote.
UC Berkeley graduate with autism produces honors thesis on bluegrass music BA Haller 2008
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Their radio station, WMMT (which streams online) specializes in bluegrass and oldtime.
Boing Boing: August 15, 2004 - August 21, 2004 Archives 2004
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Well, you wouldn't see that here because that bluegrass is too thick.
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LOUISVILLE It's supposed to be a thing of beauty, the trademark of the state, but Kentucky bluegrass is not going to be a pretty sight for the players in the PGA Championship, which begins today at Valhalla
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The city-owned center at Eighth Avenue and Eighth Street South has become known as a bluegrass home base for local aficionados, and last year some of the best tuned up there.
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And similar to the calling bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley sang about in his bluegrass song
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And similar to the calling bluegrass legend Dr. Ralph Stanley sang about in his bluegrass song
granny commented on the word bluegrass
traditionally, a genre of old-time and mountain music played on acoustic instruments with alternating leads and sung in multi-part harmonies
April 2, 2007
oroboros commented on the word bluegrass
According to B.C. Comic's Wiley's Dictionary: The result of running over a smurf picnic with your lawnmower.
March 18, 2010