june grass

June grass
    n 1: valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially
         central United States having tall stalks and slender bright
         green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures
         [syn: {Kentucky bluegrass}, {Kentucky blue}, {Kentucy blue
         grass}, {June grass}, {Poa pratensis}]
    

June \June\, n. [L. Junius: cf. F. Juin. So called either from
   Junius, the name of a Roman gens, or from Juno, the goddess.]
   The sixth month of the year, containing thirty days.
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         And what is so rare as a day in June?
         Then, if ever, come perfect days.        --Lowell.
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   {June beetle}, {June bug} (Zool.), any one of several species
      of large brown beetles of the genus {Lachnosterna} and
      related genera; -- so called because they begin to fly, in
      the northern United States, about the first of June. The
      larv[ae] of the June beetles live under ground, and feed
      upon the roots of grasses and other plants. Called also
      {May bug} or {May beetle}.

   {June grass} (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue
      grass. See {Blue glass}, and Illustration in Appendix.
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Poa \Po"a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? grass.] (Bot.)
   A genus of grasses, including a great number of species, as
   the kinds called {meadow grass}, {Kentucky blue grass}, {June
   grass}, and {spear grass} (which see).
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