Meanings
bluegrass1
nounbluegrass (countable and uncountable, plural bluegrasses)
plural bluegrasses
- countableuncountableKentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).
bluegrass2
nounbluegrass (uncountable)
- uncountableentertainmentA subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
bluegrass · noun
From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.
Full word history & related roots →bluegrass · noun
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch veldbeemgras, bluegrass
- veldbeemgrastype of grass
- bluegrassstyle of country music
Finnish niittynurmikka, bluegrass
- niittynurmikkatype of grass
- bluegrassstyle of country music
French pâturin des prés, bluegrass
- pâturin des préstype of grass
- bluegrassstyle of country music
German Wiesenrispengras, Bluegrass
- Wiesenrispengrastype of grass
- Bluegrassstyle of country music
Hungarian perje
- perjetype of grass
Māori pātītī taranui, tūtaekurī
- pātītī taranuitype of grass
- tūtaekurītype of grass
Polish wiechlina łąkowa, bluegrass
- wiechlina łąkowatype of grass
- bluegrassstyle of country music
Russian мятлик, блюграсс
- мятлик (mjatlik)type of grass
- блюграсс (bljugrass)style of country music
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APA
bluegrass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluegrass
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“bluegrass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluegrass. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bluegrass,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluegrass.
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