Etymology

bluegrass

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bluegrass · noun1

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

bluegrass · noun2

From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956.

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