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blue⋅grass

  [bloo-gras, -grahs]
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–noun
1. any grass of the genus Poa, as the Kentucky bluegrass, P. pratensis, having dense tufts of bluish-green blades and creeping rhizomes.
2. country music that is polyphonic in character and is played on unamplified stringed instruments, with emphasis esp. on the solo banjo.
3. the Bluegrass. Bluegrass Region.
Origin:
1745–55, Americanism; blue + grass
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blue·grass   (blōō'grās')   
n.  

  1. also blue grass Any of various grasses of the genus Poa, including many valuable lawn and pasture plants, such as Kentucky bluegrass, and also some weeds.

  2. Music A type of folk music that originated in the southern United States, typically played on banjos and guitars and characterized by rapid tempos and jazzlike improvisation.

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bluegrass

A kind of folk music for guitar, banjo, violin, other stringed instruments, and voice; bluegrass is distinguished by rapid notes and improvisation by the musicians.

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Word Origin & History

bluegrass 
music style, 1958, in allusion to the Blue Grass Boys, country music band 1940s-'50s, from the "blue" grass (Poa pratensis) characteristic of Kentucky, the grass so called from 1751. Kentucky has been called the Bluegrass State since at least 1872.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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