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bluegrass en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

From blue + grass, from the bluish appearance of the massed grass in late Spring.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis).

Forms

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Deriveds

Nevada bluegrass · Canada bluegrass · Kentucky bluegrass · Sandberg bluegrass · bulbous bluegrass · annual bluegrass · mutton bluegrass · wood bluegrass · Shenendoah bluegrass · English bluegrass · California bluegrass · rough bluegrass · Australian bluegrass · Texas bluegrass · Merion bluegrass · Sandberg's bluegrass · fowl bluegrass · rough-stalked bluegrass · big bluegrass · Wheeler's bluegrass

Translations (12)

nl veldbeemgras (type of grass) · fi niittynurmikka (type of grass) · kl ivigaq narsaviarmiu (type of grass) · mi pātītī taranui (type of grass) · mi tūtaekurī (type of grass) · de Wiesenrispengras (type of grass) · nv tsinyaa tłʼoh (type of grass) · fr pâturin des prés (type of grass) · hu perje (type of grass) · pl wiechlina łąkowa (type of grass) · unm aonèk skikw (type of grass) · ru мятлик (type of grass)

bluegrass en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From the band Blue Grass Boys, led by Bill Monroe; bluegrass is first attested in print in reference to the genre of music in 1956.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A subgenre of country music with roots in Scots-Irish Appalachian folk music, blues, and jazz and characterized by banjos, fiddles, acoustic guitars, dobros, and mandolins; but containing no drums, electric guitars, pianos or other keyboard or wind instruments; using a bass fiddle to carry its rhythm.

Deriveds

thrashgrass · bluegrass-like · bluegrass jazz · bluegrasser · progressive bluegrass · newgrass · bluegrassy · bluegrass-jazz · bluegrass gospel

Relateds

high lonesome sound

Translations (7)

nl bluegrass (style of country music) · ru блюграсс (style of country music) · fi bluegrass (style of country music) · ka ბლუგრასი (style of country music) · pl bluegrass (style of country music) · de Bluegrass (style of country music) · fr bluegrass (style of country music)

wikipedia: Bill Monroe