ryegrass

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noun

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

“We seeded the meadow with ryegrass to provide better forage.”

Similar
loliumrye grass
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Meanings

nounryegrass (countable and uncountable, plural ryegrasses)

plural ryegrasses

  1. countableAny of several species of tufted grasses of the genus Lolium.

    Perennial ryegrass is an important species for lawn seed mixes.

    Synonyms: lolium

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

    We seeded the meadow with ryegrass to provide better forage.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
lolium

More synonyms by meaning

nounany of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses

Similar
rye grass
Broader
grass
Also see
darnellolium

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From rye + grass. But compare English ray grass.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Ancient Greek αἶρα, θύαρος
  • αἶρα (aîra)species of grasses
  • θύαρος (thúaros)species of grasses
Basque llollobelar
  • llollobelarspecies of grasses
Bulgarian райграс
  • райграс (rajgras)species of grasses
Catalan margall, raigràs
  • margallspecies of grasses
  • raigràsspecies of grasses
Czech jílek
  • jílekspecies of grasses
Dutch raaigras
  • raaigrasspecies of grasses
Finnish raiheinä, rairuoho
  • raiheinäspecies of grasses
  • rairuohospecies of grasses
French ivraie
  • ivraiespecies of grasses
German Lolch, Weidelgras
  • Lolchspecies of grasses
  • Weidelgrasspecies of grasses
Greek ήρα
  • ήρα (íra)species of grasses
Irish coirce préacháin
  • coirce préacháinspecies of grasses
Latin lolium
  • loliumspecies of grasses
Māori karaehi rae
  • karaehi raespecies of grasses
Norwegian Bokmål raigress, marehalm
  • raigressspecies of grasses
  • marehalmspecies of grasses
Persian زیوان, رغید
  • زیوان (zivân)species of grasses
  • رغید (raġid)species of grasses
  • شیلم (šeylam)species of grasses
Polish życica
  • życicaspecies of grasses
Portuguese joio
  • joiospecies of grasses
Romanian zizanie, raigras
  • zizaniespecies of grasses
  • raigrasspecies of grasses
Russian пле́вел
  • пле́вел (plével)species of grasses
Spanish raigrás, césped inglés
  • raigrásspecies of grasses
  • césped inglésspecies of grasses
  • ballicospecies of grasses
  • vallicospecies of grasses
Cite this entry
APA

ryegrass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ryegrass

MLA

“ryegrass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ryegrass. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ryegrass,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ryegrass.

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