cocksfoot

cock's-foot

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Definitions of cocksfoot word

noun cocksfoot a perennial Eurasian grass, Dactylis glomerata, cultivated as a pasture grass in North America and South Africa 3
noun cocksfoot orchard grass. 1
noun cocksfoot Any of the genus Dactylis of Eurasian and North African bluegrasses. 0

before 1690

One of the 49% oldest English words

First recorded in 1690-1700; so called from the appearance of the panicles

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