[rahy-gras, -grahs] 
| any of several European grasses of the genus Lolium, as L. perenne (perennial ryegrass), grown for forage in the U.S. |
| rye·grass or rye grass (rī'grās') n. See darnel. [Alteration of raygrass : ray, darnel (from Middle English rai, perhaps alteration of Old French ivraie, from Latin ēbriāca, from feminine of ēbriācus, drunk (from the plant's effects if ingested), from ēbrius; see inebriate) + grass.] |
