bluegrasses

Lawn grass varieties

Bluegrasses are grasses of the genus Poa, characterized by bluish-green foliage.

Kentucky bluegrass is the most familiar species, widely used for lawns and pastures across North America.

The Bluegrass region of Kentucky, named for these grasses, gave its name to bluegrass music—a style of acoustic American folk music featuring banjo, fiddle, and close harmonies.

music

banjo

Fretted drum-stringed instrument

  • fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
  • mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
  • dobroMetal-coned acoustic guitar

acoustic · picking · harmony · old-time · Appalachia · roots · Americana · ballad · high lonesome · flatpicking

Kentucky

Lexington

Massachusetts town, 1775 battle

thoroughbreds · pastures · rolling hills · horse farms · Churchill Downs · Daniel Boone · Cumberland · pioneers · frontier · Berea

lawns

turf

Grass-covered earth surface

landscaping · irrigation · sprinkler · fertilizer · weedkiller · aerator · dethatching · edging · trimmer · clippings

botany

perennial

Recurring each year

fescue · ryegrass · bentgrass · meadow · pasture · forage · prairie · stolons · cool-season · native

Opposites
grass growth season

bluegrassesbermudagrass

Tropical spreading lawn species

Bermuda grass · buffalograss · carpetgrass

music genre

bluegrasseselectronic music

Synthesizer-based musical genre

hip-hop · EDM · techno · industrial music · disco

Phrases
Family

bluegrass

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G