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cocksfoot
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koks
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oo
t
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cock's-foot
/
ˈkɒksˌfʊt
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noun
orchard grass.
Also,
cocks·foot
.
Origin:
1690–1700;
so called from the appearance of the panicles
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cocksfoot
(ˈkɒksˌfʊt)
—
n
,
pl
-foots
a perennial Eurasian grass,
Dactylis glomerata,
cultivated as a pasture grass in North America and South Africa
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