noun
coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat; found on roadside verges and rough grassland and in hay meadows; introduced in North America for forage
• Syn: ↑tall meadow grass, ↑evergreen grass, ↑false oat, ↑French rye, ↑Arrhenatherum elatius
• Hypernyms: ↑grass
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arrhenatherum, ↑genus Arrhenatherum
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noun or tall meadow oat : a perennial Eurasian grass (Arrhenatherum elatius) resembling the oat and introduced into No. America for use as forage especially in moist soils
Useful english dictionary. 2012.