| a weedy grass, Dactylis glomerata, often grown for pastures. |

| orchard grass n. A Eurasian grass (Dactylis glomerata) widely planted in pastures. |
orchard grass
(Dactylis glomerata), perennial pasture, hay, and forage grass of the family Poaceae. It has flat leaf blades and open, irregular, stiff-branched panicles (flower clusters)
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